Fifteen people from five families were displaced after a two-alarm fire early Friday morning, Oct. 17 in Kent at the Waterbrook Apartments, 10615 SE 250th Place .

Nobody was injured in the fire and the cause remains under investigation, according to Kent-based Puget Sound Fire. American Red Cross is providing emergency assistance to the families.

Firefighters arrived at 12:30 a.m. and found heavy fire from apartments on the second and third floor, according to Puget Sound Fire. Two apartments were fully engulfed in flames. It took firefighters about 90 minutes to extinguish the fire.

Approximately 50 firefighters and emergency personnel responded to the incident, according to an Oct. 17 email from Puget Sound Fire spokesperson Pat Pawlak. Eight fire engines, three ladder trucks, one

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