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Fire at Fircrest apartment building displaces six people

A fire burned through four units of an apartment building in Fircrest Friday morning, according to the Tacoma Fire Department.

Crews were called about 8 a.m. to the Wellington Apartments in the 1100 block of Emerson Street, found smoke and flames showing from the attic and were able to put out the fire.

Nobody was injured, but six people were displaced.

Firefighters remained on scene at 9 a.m. monitoring hot spots.

It was not immediately known what caused the fire.

This story was originally published November 1, 2019 at 9:04 AM.

Stacia Glenn
The News Tribune
Stacia Glenn covers crime and breaking news in Pierce County. She started with The News Tribune in 2010. Before that, she spent six years writing about crime in Southern California for another newspaper.
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