5 hurt in Kent apartment fire

By FOX 13 News Staff

Published June 20, 2022 8:21am PDT

5 families displaced after Kent apartment fire

Five families lost their homes in an apartment fire in Kent.

KENT, Wash. - Five people were hurt in an apartment fire early Monday morning in Kent.

The two-alarm fire happened in the 24000 block of 64th Avenue South at about 1 a.m.

When firefighters arrived, they extinguished the fire in less than an hour.

Fire officials told FOX 13 News at the scene that five people were treated for minor injuries and two of them were taken to the hospital.

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No firefighters were injured.

The cause of the fire is unknown and under investigation.