Overview

• Units were dispatched at 6:01 a.m. on August 2 to a fire at a vacant two-story building at N. Marsalis Avenue and Comal Street in North Oak Cliff.
• A second alarm at 6:11 a.m. and a third at 6:42 a.m. drew 65 to 70 Dallas Fire-Rescue personnel to the scene.
• Firefighters brought the blaze under control by 7:42 a.m. after battling it for nearly two hours.
• No injuries were reported, but exposure damage displaced at least five residents who received American Red Cross assistance.
• Officials have launched an investigation into the fire’s cause.