An apartment fire early Thursday morning in Opelika caused severe damage and left several families without a place to call home.
The Opelika Fire Department got a call for the fire at Pinehurst Villas just before 5 a.m. Thursday. According to Opelika fire inspector Bob Parsons, firefighters saw that flames were coming out of the roof, windows, and eaves.
“The glow of this fire, I believe, was seen from several blocks away. The responding units mentioned that they could see significant glow and smoke on the horizon as they were enroute,” said Parsons.
The upper left half of the apartment was fully engulfed, causing a problem for the bottom floor too.
“As I ran out my apartment, as soon as I ran out, my apartment just went, you know, caved in. The top apartment caved in on mine,” said Sanders. In order to fight the blaze, firefighters used their ladder trucks to spray water from above to bring the fire under control and relieve any hot spots.