Residents living on the first floor of an Ocala apartment complex were displaced on Monday morning after a vacant unit above them caught on fire.
Shortly after 8:50 a.m., Ocala Fire Rescue units responded to Tuscany Place Apartments (3240 SW 34th Street) after receiving reports of smoke from a second-floor apartment, according to OFR.
Ocala Fire Rescue units consisting of Engines 1, 4, and 6, Tower 1, Rescue 4, Battalion Chiefs 11 and 22, and a Safety Officer soon arrived at the apartment complex, and crews observed smoke near one of the second-floor units.
Firefighters quickly entered the smoke-filled apartment. According to OFR, they observed flames on the stove, and a nearby sprinkler had been activated by the kitchen fire.
While firefighters attacked the flames with water, additional OFR crew members searched the interior of the apartment to ensure that it was vacant. The fire was soon extinguished.
There were no injuries reported.
According to OFR, the cause of the fire is currently unknown.
The residents living below the second-floor unit were displaced due to overflow from the active sprinkler, which seeped through the floor and into their apartment below.
The Fire Prevention Division, Ocala Police Department, and Marion County Fire Rescue also responded.