AFD Knocks Down Apartment Blaze

The Amarillo Fire Department was called to a fire at an apartment building on Tuesday afternoon.

At  3:30 p.m. crews arrived at the structure fire at the Oakridge Apartments, located at 2727 Virginia Circle and found light smoke coming from a ground floor apartment.

Nine units responded but the first responding units were able to bring the fire under control just after 3:45 p.m.

The Amarillo Fire Marshal’s Office was called to investigate and the cause remains undetermined at this time.

The amount of damage caused by the fire is unknown at this time and there were no injuries from this incident.