{"id":179740,"date":"2026-02-25T14:41:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/179740\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T14:41:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:41:40","slug":"arson-suspected-in-three-alarm-fire-that-destroyed-abandoned-south-lamar-apartments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/179740\/","title":{"rendered":"Arson suspected in three-alarm fire that destroyed abandoned South Lamar apartments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Investigators suspect arson caused a <a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/overnight-fire-in-south-austin-leads-to-partial-collapse-of-abandoned-apartment-building\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">three-alarm fire<\/a> that destroyed an abandoned apartment building on South Lamar Boulevard early Saturday, causing an estimated $4 million in damage.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters were dispatched around 3:30 a.m. to 2119 S. Lamar Blvd., where the structure was already fully involved on arrival, with flames coming from throughout the building. Crews quickly shifted to a defensive strategy as portions of the structure began to collapse, according to the Austin Firefighters Association. <\/p>\n<p>Incident command upgraded the response to a third alarm, bringing the total number of responding firefighters to more than 80.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/overnight-fire-in-south-austin-leads-to-partial-collapse-of-abandoned-apartment-building\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PREVIOUS COVERAGE | Overnight fire in south Austin leads to partial collapse of abandoned apartment building<\/a><\/p>\n<p>No injuries were reported. The building was unoccupied when crews arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters remained on scene for several hours, battling hot spots while working to protect neighboring homes and businesses.<\/p>\n<p>The Austin Fire Department said that evidence gathered during the investigation points to arson as the cause. Damage is estimated at $4 million. The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Investigators suspect arson caused a three-alarm fire that destroyed an abandoned apartment building on South&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179741,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":{"0":"post-179740","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-austin-headlines","10":"tag-austin-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179740","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=179740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}