Overview
- Fire crews responded to 4545 MacArthur Boulevard just before 10:45 p.m. Thursday, finding flames in a rear first-floor unit.
- NOFD requested a second alarm and ordered evacuations as firefighters worked to contain the fire.
- Crews rescued a man through a rear first-floor window, and he was transported to a hospital.
- Two cats were rescued from the affected unit while four others died, and the fire was contained to six apartments within about an hour.
- The department now reports 14 displaced residents and one injury, differing from an earlier account of 18 displaced and no injuries, with the cause under investigation.