Fire destroyed an entire building at the Frederick Apartments, leaving 20 families with nowhere to live.
– A fire that sent up huge flames and clouds of smoke over a Northwest Side apartment complex Sunday night continued to draw widespread attention Monday morning.
Most of the apartments on what had been the top floor of a 3-story building were destroyed. All of the others were left with major damage. Brooklier had watched the commotion from her home before 9 p.m. Sunday, hoping and praying that her neighbors were safe. Hood said that struggle to pump water uphill caused delays, allowing the fire to burn out of control.Joe Arrington, a public information officer with SAFD, said the private hydrants on the property and the SAWS hydrants along Gus Eckert “had extremely low pressure.”
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