Second alarm sounded for Bloomington apartment fire; several units impacted

Posted on February 14, 2024

*^{The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Several apartments within the building were affected. (Photo courtesy of Jacob Anglen)}*

By WMBD-TV

BLOOMINGTON – No one is injured from an early morning apartment building fire in Bloomington that led to a second alarm being sounded.

A second alarm means the initial crew needed more help to battle the blaze at the Brickyard Apartments, 20 Brickyard Drive.

Off-duty firefighters and crews from the Normal Fire Department were called to help, according to Frank Friend, a Bloomington Fire Department spokesman.

The call came in around 6:15 a.m. and while they were on the way, firefighters could see the fire.

Flames were coming out of the second floor and had spread to the building’s third floor and into an attic.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Several apartments within the building were affected.

A cause for the fire has not yet been determined. Restoration crews are at the scene time working with residents to salvage and recover items.

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