FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- Five families were displaced when a fire damaged their apartment building late Friday night, according to Fairbanks assistant fire chief Ernie Misewicz.
The fire at 11:08 p.m. heavily damaged one apartment in the five-plex at 2085 Van Horn Road and caused light to moderate smoke damage to the other four units. No one was injured.
The fire originated in a basement apartment. No one was home at the time of the fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Fairbanks Fire Department. Fire units from the Fairbanks Fire Department responded along with mutual aid assistance from the Fort Wainwright Fire Department and the University Fire Department. Fairbanks Police provided assistance with traffic crowd control.
The Red Cross provided assistance to four of the displaced families.