Operations & Training

St. Louis Crews Battle Early Morning Apartment Blaze

Sept. 4, 2020

St. Louis firefighters responded early Friday to a residential fire that sent flames shooting through the roof of the multi-unit structure and took about an hour to contain.

Source St. Louis Post-Dispatch

ST. LOUIS — Firefighters early Friday battled a blaze at a three-story brick row house at South 14th Street and Chouteau Avenue, south of downtown.

No injuries were reported.

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Flames were shooting through the roof of the building about 5:20 a.m. The St. Louis Fire Department said it was an occupied apartment building but firefighters were told by residents that everyone had evacuated safely.

The firefighters had the flames under control in about an hour. Twenty displaced residents were getting help from the American Red Cross, the Fire Department said.

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