50 people displaced, 2 critically injured after Colorado Springs apartment fire
Marina Garcia
Colorado Springs, Colo. (KRDO) – The Colorado Springs Fire Department was dispatched Sunday morning to the eastern part of Colorado Springs for a two-alarm fire.
At 1:34 in the morning, about 50 people evacuated from their apartment at Montecito Apartments on North Murray Boulevard after a fire broke out on the second floor.
The Colorado Springs Fire Department says two people were sent to the hospital in critical condition.
I spoke to a resident in the building who lives on the first floor and is now taking shelter at Zeal Church, set up by the Red Cross.
“I just heard glass start breaking. So I thought maybe there was some kind of domestic situation or something. So I looked down the hall, and that’s when I saw people yelling to get out of the building because the building was on fire. So then I was trying to get my cat, and yeah, everything happened very quickly,” says Gerald Milbrodt, an evacuee from the apartment complex.
If you are in need of food or a place to sleep, the Red Cross says the size of the incident will require their services for a few days.
“When we have a report that there could be at least 50 people involved in the evacuation, then we estimate that we’re going to need multiple people for multiple days,” says Richard Garcia, American Red Cross shelter manager. “Right now, we’re planning to be in our shelter…until maybe Wednesday morning.”
First responders say there doesn’t appear to be any foul play. However, it’s very early on, and the cause of the fire is still under investigation.