Apartment fire Sunday morning in Jefferson City
The Jefferson City Fire Department responded to a structure fire in the 900 block of Southwest Blvd early Sunday morning.
At 6:21 a.m. Fire personnel arrived to find moderate smoke present in the hallways of a multi-family dwelling. An immediate evacuation of occupants still inside the structure was initiated.
The fire was located in a lower-level apartment and extinguished. Fire and smoke damage was confined to the same apartment.
The fire was determined to be accidental in nature.
No injuries were reported at the time of the incident. One adult was displaced by the fire and is being assisted by the American Red Cross.
