{"id":1478174,"date":"2026-02-06T02:03:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T08:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1478174"},"modified":"2026-02-08T04:47:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T10:47:01","slug":"apartment-fire-displaces-15-occupants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1478174","title":{"rendered":"Apartment fire displaces 15 occupants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/02\/2026-02-06_020327-199x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1478175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/02\/2026-02-06_020327-199x200.jpg 199w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/02\/2026-02-06_020327.jpg 317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/>LONGVIEW \u2014 Fifteen occupants of a Longview apartment complex have been displaced following a stove-top fire in one of the apartments on Wednesday afternoon. The Longview Fire Department responded to a reported apartment fire at Townhouse South Apartments in Longview at approximately 12:49 p.m. on Wednesday after smoke alarms alerted occupants. According to our news partner KETK, responding units observed \u201d a large column of black smoke.\u201d Firefighters found heavy smoke and fire coming from an apartment, and the fire was spreading into adjacent apartments.<\/p>\n<p>The fire was brought under control through fire attacks, ventilation, salvage and overhaul operations using on-scene resources. No injuries were reported, but 15 occupants were displaced and the American Red Cross is assisting them.<\/p>\n<p>The Longview Fire Marshal\u2019s Office conducted an investigation after the fire was extinguished. Investigators determined the area of origin to be from a stove top, caused by unattended cooking.<\/p>\n<p>The estimated property loss is undetermined at this time, the fire department said.<\/p>\n<p>The fire department urges and reminds residents to never leave cooking unattended and to ensure smoke alarms are installed and working properly. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONGVIEW \u2014 Fifteen occupants of a Longview apartment complex have been displaced following a stove-top fire in one of the apartments on Wednesday afternoon. The Longview Fire Department responded to a reported apartment fire at Townhouse South Apartments in Longview at approximately 12:49 p.m. on Wednesday after smoke alarms alerted occupants. According to our news &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1478174\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Apartment fire displaces 15 occupants<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1478731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/02\/2026-02-06_020327-199x200.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1478174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-07 03:24:40","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/02\/2026-02-06_020327-199x200.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1478174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1478174"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1478174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1478851,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1478174\/revisions\/1478851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1478731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1478174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1478174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1478174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}