MORRISTOWN, Tenn. — Several families were displaced after a fire consumed an apartment building in Morristown.
The fire destroyed an eight-unit apartment building on West Fifth North Street near the Hamblen County Justice Center.
Crews responded around 6:20 p.m. Wednesday. Firefighters said they arrived to find flames coming out of a back window of one of the units. They said it took them about two and a half hours to put the fire out and check for hot spots.
The fire department said no one was hurt, but the building was declared a total loss. MFD said 15 people were displaced.
The American Red Cross was called to help the victims in the meantime.
