JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department took two people to the hospital after a fire at the Patriot Plaza Apartments on University Club Boulevard.
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According to a spokesperson for JFRD, crews responded to the complex at around 12:24 a.m. to a second alarm fire, which means the fire is larger.
After firefighters were able to get the fire out, two residents were transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and the Red Cross was called to assist 12 others who had been displaced.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Action News Jax’s Alexus Cleavenger is at the scene working to learn more.
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— THEJFRD (@THEJFRD) October 11, 2023
Crews are working a structure fire to an apartment in the 3700 block of university club blvd…. This is now a second alarm fire.
— THEJFRD (@THEJFRD) October 11, 2023
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