Eight people escaped a boarding house fire in Winston-Salem late Tuesday night. At about 10:30 p.m., crews responded to the fire at the two-story home on East 14th Street, according to a press release. The American Red Cross is currently helping the eight people who were displaced. The Winston-Salem Fire Department said in a tweet that there were no working smoke detectors or sprinklers in the building. No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire is under investigation.