A massive two-alarm fire that raced through the Aravia Apartment complex in Parkland is being blamed on a charcoal grill.
A dozen apartments were affected, and at least two units were destroyed. Some residents said the sprinkler system never came on. They said that is why the damage was so extensive.
They tried putting the flames out with fire extinguishers they found all over the building. But they could not put the flames out.
On this Sunday, the people who lived in this third-floor apartment sifted through what remains after a roaring fire that began in a charcoal grill on their deck quickly raced through these units at the Aravia apartments on Saturday night. “They went through three extinguishers before it completely engulfed the apartment,” said Jessica Greenwell, standing in a room, its belongings charred by the flames.