911 calls released in Westside apartment fire

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33 radical displaced aft occurrence erupts astatine Jacksonville Heights Apartments

A time aft a occurrence tore done a gathering astatine Jacksonville Heights Apartments disconnected 103rd Street connected the Westside, metropolis workers walked the spot and enactment up a condemned motion connected Tuesday.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A time aft a fire tore done a gathering astatine Jacksonville Heights Apartments disconnected 103rd Street connected the Westside, metropolis workers walked the spot and enactment up a condemned motion connected Tuesday.

There were besides radical astatine the spot who mislaid memories successful the fire. Melissa Trinidad said she was capable to salvage immoderate items.

“We are stilling checking,” Trinidad said. “The smell, the smoke, we conscionable called the security and told them it’s truly not livable determination due to the fact that of the smell.”

No 1 was injured, but the occurrence Monday impacted 12 units and displaced 33 people. The Trinidad household has photos of the immoderate of the damage.

“There is simply a large spread successful the ceiling,” Trinidad said.

The Trinadad household shared this photograph of the ceiling damage. (The Trinadad family)

The household had renter’s insurance, which volition assistance them recover.

“Last nighttime we stayed astatine our friends’ house. They offered america a spot to slumber past night,” Trinidad said.

The American Red Cross helped families that were displaced. The absorption institution told News4Jax connected Tuesday that it was successful the process of relocating residents who were displaced “or, astatine nonmigratory request, refunding information deposits and immoderate rent paid successful October 2021 to let residents to question lodging elsewhere.”

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On Tuesday, News4Jax obtained 911 calls that came successful arsenic flames and fume billowed from the apartments connected Monday afternoon.

“It’s an flat analyzable called Jacksonville Heights, down Dollar General. There’s a fire, fume coming retired full gathering successful the flat complex,” 1 caller tin beryllium heard saying. “It’s similar wide daylight erstwhile you spot it. When you’re connected the street, you’ll spot it.”

More than 100 firefighters responded to the fire. The authorities occurrence marshal and ATF are investigating the cause.

News4Jax connected Tuesday besides obtained the study from the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department’s past inspection of Jacksonville Heights Apartments. The city’s occurrence marshal inspected the flat analyzable connected April 23 and recovered successful Buildings A done N and the laundry room, the owners failed to support occurrence extinguishers and failed to supply the minimum fig of occurrence extinguishers. The occurrence marshal did a follow-up inspection connected May 27 and recovered each buildings successful compliance. So far, determination is nary transportation to Monday’s fire.