ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. – Twenty residents were displaced from their homes early Wednesday when a fire broke out at an apartment complex in Seminole County , officials said.

The fire was reported at 2:17 a.m. at The Edge at Lake Lotus apartments off State Road 434 in Altamonte Springs .

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The Seminole County Fire Department said the fire started in a wall of a rear stairwell.

Fire officials said the fire was contained to the stairwell, but it displaced 20 people.

2:17am structure fire at the Edge Apt complex in Altamonte in one of walls of rear stairwells. Fire quickly under control & contained to stairwell. 20 residents displaced. Cause unknown. @CityofAltamonte Building Fire Safety investigating & city’s Emer. Mgt helping residents. pic.twitter.com/aL52AYflV

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