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A 12- unit apartment building in Tacoma near University Place went up in flames Tuesday afternoon , resulting in a partial roof collapse , Tacoma fire officials said. The two-alarm fire at 2602 Westridge Ave. West started at about 4 p.m. and caused damage to all 12 apartments in the building, but no one was believed to be hurt or missing, said Tacoma Fire Department spokesman Joe Meinecke . By 5:45 p.m., the fire had been mostly contained but firefighters were still working to control hot spots . When first responders arrived, they were greeted by flames and smoke coming out of the back side of one building at the Boulders at Puget Sound apartment complex . The fire climbed to the third floor and into the roof and spread laterally, and crews had to be called out of the building as the roof partially collapsed , Meinecke said. There is heavy damage to the middle and upper floor of the apartment building , he said. The American Red Cross was requested to come to the scene to help tho...

Six families were forced from their residences but were uninjured from a two- alarm fire Tuesday afternoon that caused heavy damage to a four-plex in the Crosswinds Apartments complex in eastern Lawrence . Lawrence/Douglas Fire Medical Division Chief Justin Temple said units were dispatched to a fire at 5:04 p.m. Tuesday at 1312 Crosswinds Court. Firefighters arrived to find an active fire at the four-plex, which was home to six families. Residents home at the time of the fire were evacuating from their apartments when firefighters arrived, he said. Firefighters did assist in retrieving pets from the apartments. There were no injuries from the fire to the residents or firefighters, Temple said. Firefighters first entered the structure to battle the blaze, but conditions forced them to leave the building to fight the fire in an exterior defensive mode , Temple said. Once flames were knocked back, firefighters once again entered the building to fight the fire, he said. The fire was d...