Early-morning Phoenix apartment fire forces 10 from homes

PHOENIX – Nearly a dozen people were forced out of their homes by an apartment fire early Wednesday, Phoenix first responders said.

No one was seriously injured in the fire at a three-story building near 35th and Dunlap avenues, a Phoenix Fire Department spokesman said in an email, but two people were treated at the scene and two dogs died.

Firefighter David J. Ramirez said heavy smoke was pouring from a ground-floor unit when crews arrived around 5 a.m. Crews could see flames.

Two upper units took substantial smoke damage, but the flames were contained in the first-floor apartment.

Fire officials said 10 residents were displaced.

An investigation into the cause of the fire was underway.

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