Update: 16 units destroyed in 3-alarm apartment complex fire in northwest Fresno

Larry Valenzuela
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Firefighters battled a three-alarm blaze at an apartment complex in northwest Fresno on Monday afternoon.

Deputy Fire Chief Ted Semonious said the fire at the complex on Marks Avenue south of Dakota Avenue was called in around 3:50 p.m.

The fire began in one building and quickly spread to a second building to the west, destroying a total of 16 units.

Ten families were displaced in the blaze. Semonious said no one was living in the initial building due to construction after a previous fire in March.

Crews were able to stop the spread of the fire to a third building to the east.

No injures were reported and the cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Twelve engines and four ladder trucks were deployed to the fire.

Fresno fire crews respond to an apartment fire near Marks and Dakota avenues on Monday, May 16, 2022.
Fresno fire crews respond to an apartment fire near Marks and Dakota avenues on Monday, May 16, 2022.
Three alarms were called for apartment fire near Mark and Dakota avenues in Fresno, California, on Monday, May 16, 2022.
Three alarms were called for apartment fire near Mark and Dakota avenues in Fresno, California, on Monday, May 16, 2022.
Fresno Fire Department trucks respond to a three-alarm fire at an apartment complex near Marks and Dakota avenues on Monday, May 16, 2022.
Fresno Fire Department trucks respond to a three-alarm fire at an apartment complex near Marks and Dakota avenues on Monday, May 16, 2022.
Fresno firefighters respond to a three-alarm apartment complex on Monday, May 16, 2022.
Fresno firefighters respond to a three-alarm apartment complex on Monday, May 16, 2022.
Smoke fills the air from an apartment complex fire near Marks and Dakota avenues in Fresno, California, on Monday, May 16, 2022.
Smoke fills the air from an apartment complex fire near Marks and Dakota avenues in Fresno, California, on Monday, May 16, 2022.