Flames shot into the dark night sky early Friday as dozens of people fled a major blaze at The Cliffs apartments.
Ronjalyn Bond said she noticed the glow of the flames as she got up to use the bathroom before 3 a.m.
“The blaze was really going,” Bond said. “We really just didn’t have time to think, just to react and get out.”
Bond rushed to the neighboring apartment to alert her sister and their 85-year-old invalid mother, who got out safely and sought refuge in the leasing office where she sat in her wheelchair. Marcus Davis said he was sleeping soundly as the building went up in flames.
“My old lady woke me up saying the building was on fire,” Davis said. “I just jumped out and ran out of the building, so I don’t know what really happened. I was knocked out asleep.”