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Six-Alarm Fire at Fort Worth’s Cooper Apartments Extinguished After Nine-Hour Battle

Investigators are examining how the building’s roof design and materials may have accelerated the fire spread.

The Fort Worth Fire Department battles a 5-alarm fire at an apartment building at 1001 W. Rosedale St. on Monday afternoon, June 23, 2025.
The Cooper Apartments residents Astrid and Luke Walsh are photographed outside their apartment building on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, following a six-alarm fire Monday in Near Southside Fort Worth. The Walshes have lived in The Cooper for four years and plan to move elsewhere once everything is resolved.
The Fort Worth Fire Department responds to a six-alarm fire at an apartment complex in the 1000 block of West Rosedale on Monday, June 23, 2025.
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Overview

  • The blaze erupted at 1:45 p.m. on June 23 at the six-story Cooper Apartments, prompting evacuation of all residents.
  • Fort Worth Fire Department crews, supported by 64 apparatuses and aid from Lake Worth and River Oaks, brought the fire under control just after 10 p.m.
  • One person sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was treated at a local hospital.
  • Firefighters faced challenges from collapsing sections, void spaces and a rubber roof coating that gummed up chainsaw blades.
  • As of June 24, crews are monitoring smoldering hotspots and investigators are probing the blaze’s cause.