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WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THIS
ALL MORNING LONG.
LET'S CONTINUE THAT COVERAGE
OF OUR BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW.
WHIPPED FIRES, KEEPING
RIGHT NOW.
THE LARGEST ONE AT NORTH AUSTIN
IN AN APARTMENT FIRE BROKE OUT
AT 2:00 THIS MORNING.
RESIDENCES ON COPPER CREEK.
THAT'S WHERE BRIAN SANDERS IS
JOINING US LIVE WITH MORE ON
BRIAN.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE
REMNANTS OF A MASSIVE APARTMENT
FIRE HERE IN NORTHWEST AUSTIN.
WE ARE ON COPPER CREEK AND THE
CORNER OF POND WOODS ROAD NEAR
183 BETWEEN ANDERSON MILL AND
LAKE CREEK PARKWAY.
THE CALL CAME IN ABOUT 1:45 THIS
MORNING.
RESPONDED AND THE AUSTIN FIRE
DEPARTMENT IS ASSIST BE THEM.
THE FIRE INVOLVED THREE
BUILDINGS HERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE
OF THE COMPLEX, THE
INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCE
APARTMENTS, BUILDING 13, 14 AND
11.
TWO BURNED COMPLETELY TO THE
GROUND, A THIRD BUILDING, THE
AND ATTIC.
THEY ARE TRYING TO KEEP THIS
FIRE FROM SPREADING.
BUILDINGS.
THEY STILL DON'T KNOW THE CAUSE,
BUT OF COURSE EVERYTHING
DEVELOPING VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE
OF THESE HIGH WINDS.
THE GOAL NOW IS TO KEEP IT
CONTAINED.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME EMBERS
ACTUALLY JUMPING ON TO
NEIGHBORHOOD HOMES BEHIND THE
COMPLEX, AND SO THEY'VE SENT
FIRE CREWS OVER INTO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD TO PUT OUT SPOT
FIRES ON THE ROOFS.
THE RED CROSS HAS SET UP IN THE
LEASING OFFICE AS A CHECK IN TO
THE RESIDENTS TO HELP ASSIST
THOSE THAT HAVE EVACUATED.
THE ALAMO DRAFT HOUSE IS ALSO A
SHELTER THIS MORNING FOR SOME 60
FAMILIES THAT EVACUATED.
AGAIN, 40 UNITS, ABOUT 40 UNITS
AFFECTED BY THIS FIRE, TWO
BUILDINGS BURNED COMPLETELY TO
THE GROUND AND A THIRD CONTAINED
TO THE ROOF AND ATTIC.
THE IMPORTANT INFORMATION HERE,
NO INJURIES AND NO DEATHS
REPORTED, NO DEATHS AND NO
INJURIES REPORTED WITH THIS
FIRE.
WE SAW INCREDIBLE VIDEO OF THESE
RESIDENTS HELPING FIREFIGHTERS,
ACTUALLY CARRIED THE HOSE INTO
THE INTERIOR OF THE COMPLEX, BUT
AGAIN, ABOUT 60 FAMILIES WITHOUT
A HOME THIS MORNING.
WELL, BRIAN, FROM WHERE
YOU'RE AT, ARE YOU SEEING ANY
KIND OF RESIDENTS WHO ARE AROUND
YOU, OR DID THEY ALL EVACUATE
AND LEAVE WHEN THEY COULD?
THEY WERE EVACUATING A LITTLE
EARLIER THIS MORNING, JUST WHAT
THEY COULD CARRY IN THEIR HANDS.
A LOT OF THEM WERE STILL IN
THEIR PAJAMAS, THEY GRABBED THE
KIDS.
THEY MAY HAVE GRABBED THE HOUSE
PET, AND HEADED ON OVER TO THE
ALAMO DRAFT HOUSE.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU
POSTED ON THEIR SITUATION.
WE KNOW YOU WILL.