*** The videos were taken between 2pm – 2:30pm 11.22.2009. When we arrived at the scene at this time the left part of the building was still smoking *** A 5-Alarm Fire broke out 4:30am Sunday November 22, 2009. The fire was started accidentally in the 3 story apartment building. It was started under the roof in an area known as the cockloft, located on the second floor by an unattended an open-flame candle in apartment B21 that caught a curtain or blanket on fire at the Austin Manor apartments at 7024 Rising Sun Avenue between Tyson and Princeton Avenues in the city’s Lawncrest section. Responders were at the apartment complex with in 4 minutes but the building was already fully engulfed. Most residents were out on the sidewalk while others were rescued by firefighters or forced to jump from the windows to safety. More than 100 people were evacuated and was said that 19 people had to be rushed to the hospital with various injuries. Four were in stable condition, & Three were in serious condition with severe burns. Injuries range from burns to smoke inhalation, to trauma from jumping from upper floor windows. This is not the first time this apartment complex has caught fire with the same exact cause of a candle in October of 2001 though it was the other building. burned out of control for more than 90 minutes The building is a total loss.

Home from the bar at 230am to find the apartment across the lake engulfed by fire. Slightly humurous commentary during a sad thing.
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Alexan on 2222

Aprt fir in south austin, next to Brodie Oaks(Retreat at Barton Creek).
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Nearly two years after learning that his daughter Ariel died in a fiery car crash and that police fire extinguishers weren’t able to put out the fire because they were out of date, Midlander Richard Corley, finally had a chance to tell his story before an audience at the State Capitol. Wednesday, Corley spoke in support of Tom Craddick’s House Bill 564, which proposes mandatory fire extinguisher maintenance and inspections each year for extinguishers in government vehicles statewide. “They felt the same way I did, when they found out from you in fact that there were no rules governing anything that the police had to do with those fire extinguishers”, says Corley. With Craddick hospitalized Wednesday, Representative Phil King of Weatherford, introduced the bill to the Urban Affairs Committee. King, a former police officer, says the bill just makes sense. Beau Berman: “Does HB 564 have your support?” “Oh absolutely. It makes a lot of sense. It’s kind of silly that we have to do that. It should already be a procedure”, says King. King even told a story before the Urban Affairs Committee about an instance during his years behind the badge when his portable fire extinguisher didn’t work and nearly cost a life. State Fire Marshal, Ed Salazar, was grilled by the Urban Affairs Committee members who could not understand how mandatory vehicle fire extinguisher maintenance isn’t already a law. He agreed, saying it doesn’t make sense and said he supports the new bill. Ariel’s older …
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*** The videos were taken between 2pm – 2:30pm 11.22.2009. When we arrived at the scene at this time the left part of the building was still smoking *** A 5-Alarm Fire broke out 4:30am Sunday November 22, 2009. The fire was started accidentally in the 3 story apartment building. It was started under the roof in an area known as the cockloft, located on the second floor by an unattended an open-flame candle in apartment B21 that caught a curtain or blanket on fire at the Austin Manor apartments at 7024 Rising Sun Avenue between Tyson and Princeton Avenues in the city’s Lawncrest section. Responders were at the apartment complex with in 4 minutes but the building was already fully engulfed. Most residents were out on the sidewalk while others were rescued by firefighters or forced to jump from the windows to safety. More than 100 people were evacuated and was said that 19 people had to be rushed to the hospital with various injuries. Four were in stable condition, & Three were in serious condition with severe burns. Injuries range from burns to smoke inhalation, to trauma from jumping from upper floor windows. This is not the first time this apartment complex has caught fire with the same exact cause of a candle in October of 2001 though it was the other building. burned out of control for more than 90 minutes The building is a total loss.
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*** The videos were taken between 2pm – 2:30pm 11.22.2009. When we arrived at the scene at this time the left part of the building was still smoking *** A 5-Alarm Fire broke out 4:30am Sunday November 22, 2009. The fire was started accidentally in the 3 story apartment building. It was started under the roof in an area known as the cockloft, located on the second floor by an unattended an open-flame candle in apartment B21 that caught a curtain or blanket on fire at the Austin Manor apartments at 7024 Rising Sun Avenue between Tyson and Princeton Avenues in the city’s Lawncrest section. Responders were at the apartment complex with in 4 minutes but the building was already fully engulfed. Most residents were out on the sidewalk while others were rescued by firefighters or forced to jump from the windows to safety. More than 100 people were evacuated and was said that 19 people had to be rushed to the hospital with various injuries. Four were in stable condition, & Three were in serious condition with severe burns. Injuries range from burns to smoke inhalation, to trauma from jumping from upper floor windows. This is not the first time this apartment complex has caught fire with the same exact cause of a candle in October of 2001 though it was the other building. burned out of control for more than 90 minutes The building is a total loss.

On Sunday, July 27, 2008 a fire destroys several aprtment homes in south Austin, just north of the Brodie Oaks Shopping Center.

this morning

40 people are looking for new homes following an apartment fire.
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