Fifteen people are without a home and a firefighter was taken to the hospital following an apartment fire in Silver Spring, Maryland, Thursday morning.
Montgomery County Fire and EMS responded to the Lockwood Apartments just before 6 a.m. for reports of a fire.
Officials said six apartments were condemned.
One firefighter was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. No residents were hurt.
According to officials, the cause of the fire was “electrical in nature” — specifically, a fan motor blew.
Damage estimates are above $600,000.
²ÝÝ®´«Ã½’s Will Vitka contributed to this report.
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