An apartment fire at the Oak Creek Apartment complex at 11412 N.E. 49th St. on Sunday morning uprooted eight families because of smoke and water damage to their apartments, according to a news release from the Vancouver Fire Department.
There were no injuries, according to a spokesman for the department.
Firefighters received a 911 call at about 3:30 a.m. on Sunday for the apartment fire. They arrived at the building in four minutes and found a working fire on the second floor. As flames reached the attic, firefighters pulled a water hose to the back of the building and sprayed water on the main body of the fire, according to the news release. Another team of firefighters entered the building and extinguished the remaining fire while searching for possible occupants.
Firefighters had the fire controlled in about 20 minutes, and American Red Cross workers arrived to assist the families with damaged apartments.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
