ST. LOUIS – Crews were at the scene of a building fire in Dutchtown Monday morning.
Our Nissan Rogue Runner reporter Nic Lopez captured footage of the scene located on the 4300 block of South Compton Avenue, where the two-story four family home could be seen burning from the back.
Firefighters got the call around 4:45 a.m., as a total of nine adults and 14 children were affected by the total loss of the homes. St. Louis Fire Department Captain Leon Whitener shared how the crews and families are responding.
“We have about 20 people who are displaced right now,” Whitener said. “Crews are currently salvaging shoes and clothes and bringing it out to the residents as most residents ran out in their sleeping clothes. So, if you look behind me, you’ll see crews are bringing shoes out, bringing clothes out because we have people sitting outside right now just in shorts and no shirts.”
So far, the cause of the fire has not been reported. FOX 2 will update this story with more information as it becomes available.