Two Dallas firefighters were hospitalized for minor injuries Saturday afternoon following a fast-moving blaze at a three-story condominium complex on Gaston Avenue, according to officials.<\/p>\n
The injuries occurred during overhaul procedures \u2014 the final phase of firefighting that begins after the main fire is extinguished.<\/p>\n
Flames spread through roof<\/p>\n
The fire broke out shortly before 2:45 p.m. and was initially visible from a top-floor balcony. It quickly spread, with flames seen coming through the roof, fire officials said.<\/p>\n
Firefighters shifted to a defensive posture as the fire intensified. A second alarm was requested, and crews were ordered to evacuate the building.<\/p>\n
Top floor heavily damaged<\/p>\n
Approximately 45 to 50 firefighters responded to the scene. The blaze was declared extinguished at 3:56 p.m., officials said.<\/p>\n
While the exact number of units impacted was not immediately known, Dallas Fire-Rescue said significant damage was reported to most of the top floor. The American Red Cross has been contacted to assist displaced residents.<\/p>\n
No resident injuries reported<\/p>\n
No injuries were reported among residents, officials said.<\/p>\n
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.<\/p>\n
CBS News Texas will provide updates as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two Dallas firefighters were hospitalized for minor injuries Saturday afternoon following a fast-moving blaze at a three-story condominium…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,9379,104,103,430,27],"class_list":{"0":"post-10442","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-dallas","9":"tag-dallas-fire-rescue","10":"tag-dallas-headlines","11":"tag-dallas-news","12":"tag-north-texas","13":"tag-texas"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}