More than 20 people are without a home and one person is seriously injured after a fire at an apartment complex in Maryland, authorities say.
Prince George's County Fire and EMS said they were called to a fire at The Gates Cipriano apartment complex in the 8500 block of Greenbelt Road at about 4:30 a.m. on Sunday. When firefighters arrived, they found smoke coming from a fire on the second floor of a building.
The blaze gutted an apartment, leaving one person with life-threatening injuries. Twenty-one people were displaced by the fire.
Neighbors in the sprawling garden apartment complex were surprised by the heavy response.
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"I'm on the balcony and I see like three firetrucks drive by, and I'm like, 'What's going on over there?' Then I see like five more, and like three more police cars," a neighbor said.
The fire was extinguished. Investigators are working to find out the cause.
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