Fire at Westbridge Apartments displaces residents

1:49 PM, Aug 11, 2012   |    comments
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) -- A fire at an apartment building displaces several residents.

Just after 10 a.m. Saturday morning the Little Rock Fire Department was dispatched to the Westbridge Apartments on Labette Manor Drive for a fire.

When firefighters got there, flames could be seen shooting from the attic of one of the buildings.

Captain Edwin Wolfe says a total of eight apartments were damaged, four of the apartments have smoke and fire damage, four other apartments have smoke and water damage.

Red Cross is assisting residents with food, clothing, and other disaster relief.

Little Rock Fire Department and MEMS say no one was injured.

Investigators with LRFD are still working to determine the cause of the fire. It's believed it may have started in a dryer.