A large fire forced residents of a Reading, Pennsylvania, apartment building to evacuate overnight and damaged multiple other buildings.

Firefighters were called out to a four-story building at 5th and Washington streets just after 1 a.m. Wednesday, and quickly struck a second and third alarm for assistance fighting the flames.

"We had fire from front to back on multiple floors in multiple buildings," Deputy Reading Fire Chief Richard Kuhn said.

The fire is now considered under control. Around 6:30 a.m., crews had withdrawn some of their hoses and ladders.

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Kuhn said one person was hurt with a possible burn injury. No other injuries had been reported.

Cell phone video showed flames shooting from the roof of one of the buildings.

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