A FIRE SUNDAY EVENING CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO AN APARTMENT BUILDING LOCATED AT 1700 MORNINGSIDE AVENUE.
CAPTAIN RYAN COLLINS SAYS FIREFIGHTERS FOUND SMOKE AND FLAMES COMING FROM THE STRUCTURE WHEN THEY ARRIVED SHORTLY AFTER 5:30PM:
RYAN1 OC……….DEFENSIVE POSTURE. :27
AT ONE POINT FLAMES WERE SHOOTING 20 FEET OUT OF THE TOP OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE BUILDING WILL LIKELY BE A TOTAL LOSS:
RYAN2 OC………….EXTERIOR WALLS. 2X :13
A FEW OF THE RESIDENTS WERE TREATED FOR SMOKE INHALATION, BUT NONE WERE HOSPITALIZED.
FIREFIGHTERS REMAINED ON THE SCENE THROUGH THE NIGHT..
UPDATED 10:20AM 1/25/21
