Multi-Alarm Blaze At Newark Apartment Complex Started By Candles In Third-Floor Apartment, Officials Say
NEWARK, Del. (CBS) -- Firefighters battled a multi-alarm blaze at an apartment complex in Newark, Delaware on Tuesday afternoon. Officials say the two-alarm fire was caused by candles that ignited combustibles in a third-floor apartment at the Fairfield Apartments.
Firefighters were called out to the complex at 20 Country Club Drive around 5:45 p.m.
Fire officials say no one was injured in the fire but 11 apartments were damaged by the blaze.
The fire caused an estimated $1 million in damages, investigators say.
