FEBRUARY 21, 2015
DAPHNE, ALABAMA
Firefighters were on the scene of a blaze that appeared to
consume one side of a condominium building in Daphne early Saturday.
Several units from fire departments in Daphne, Spanish Fort
and Fairhope responded to the fire shortly after 11:25 a.m, according to
Kenneth Hanak, a battalion chief with the Daphne Fire Department.
No one was injured during the incident at the Sunset Bay
Villas condominium complex, officials said. Fire burned through two of the units and one
retained water damage, officials said. One
person was treated on the scene for smoke inhalation.
Units sent to the condo off Yacht Club Drive from the Daphne
fire department included five engines and a ladder truck.
"We had a big problem with the wind blowing, we had
wind gusts over 35 mph coming through," Joey Holasz, another battalion
chief, later said. "That really made it difficult to get control of
it."
It took about an hour before the flames were under control,
he said.
The cause is still unknown. However, officials from the
Alabama State Fire Marshal's office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives will arrive on Monday morning to investigate, Holasz
said.