Operations & Training

Video: One Person Killed in Fire at TX Apartment Building

Feb. 9, 2021

Fort Worth firefighters worked for a little more than an hour to extinguish a two-alarm fire that tore through a three-story apartment building.

By Kaley Johnson

Source Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Fort Worth, TX, firefighters battled a fire at three-story apartment building that killed at least one person Monday.

At least one person died as firefighters fought a blaze at a southwest Fort Worth apartment complex Monday evening, according to the Fort Worth fire department.

Firefighters were called to the 6400 block of Wildwood Circle North at about 7 p.m. Monday. Flames were coming from all three floors of the apartment building. The fire was under control by 8:15 p.m., the Fort Worth fire department tweeted, but said one person had died as a result of the fire.

Investigators were on the scene, but details remained limited Monday night.

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