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Fire damages apartment building in Ames

June 6, 2016 By Matt Kelley

Fire damaged an apartment complex in Ames.

Fire damaged an apartment complex in Ames.

Fire swept through a large, three-story apartment building in Ames early this morning.

As many as 80 residents, most of them Iowa State University students, were evacuated from the Oak Ridge complex after the fire alarms first started sounding around 4 A.M.

Some residents had to be rescued from balconies, as the flames spread through the hallways, though no injuries are reported.

Damage to the building was heavy. One report says all of the tenants

Some 80 residents had to be evacuated for the fire at this Ames apartment complex.

Some 80 residents had to be evacuated for the fire at this Ames apartment complex.

at Oak Ridge were required to buy renters insurance before they moved in.

There’s no word yet on the fire’s possible cause.

Photos courtesy of the City of Ames.

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