Firefighters responded to a blaze at a Marion apartment complex that appears to have left at least one family displaced Friday night.Marion Fire Department was still on hand at 9:30 p.m., with firefighters looking for hot spots that remained in a large unit at the rear of Gilmore Apartments on South Main Street. Though Crittenden EMS responded, firefighter Mike Crabtree said he believed no one was injured in the fire.
As volunteers filtered in and out of the apartment with equipment to tear away portions of the interior structure as they searched for possible hot spots, another doused water on a smouldering couch that had been pulled out of the unit, burned mostly to the metal framing. One firefighter said it appears the fire could have started on the couch and spread to other portions of the unit.
Smoke continued to filter out of the apartment, but it was unclear if the fire had spread to other units. Several residents of the complex were gathered on the parking lot in the chilled air, some consoling others who were in tears. Other residents stood at their doors of their apartment, all of which are under one roof of the brick structure. It is uncertain how many residents were displaced by the blaze.
Further details will be made available in next week's Crittenden Press.
