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Red Cross Helps Madison Fire Victims-Cindy Carter
Marrie Guncer couldn't get into her apartment Monday.
Authorities boarded it up because it's not safe.
There's too much fire damage inside.
Marrie Guncer says, "Definitely smoke damage. Cause I know as soon as I opened my door yesterday to go outside to essentially see what was going on, smoke immediately went in my apartment."
Guncer and more than a dozen neighbors fled their Highland Cove apartments Sunday night after a fire broke out inside an apartment above Guncer's.
She says her neighbor had trouble with his central heating unit.
Guncer says, "He said I turned the heater on and the fire started immediately. It started smoking and i seen the fire."
Guncer grabbed a fire extinguisher, ran to her neighbor's place and actually tried to put out the fire before Nashville firefighters arrived.
Guncer says, "As soon as I walked in, there was nothing but black smoke coming out of the vent."
The fire quickly spread through the building's attic.
18 apartments were affected by the fire.
Two units were completely destroyed and the rest received water and smoke damage.
Nashville fire investigators still haven't determined the exact cause.
American Red Cross volunteers are helping the 16 displaced families with basic necessities.
Jill Gorin with the Nashville Chapter says, "What the Red Cross is doing is trying to provide that immediate emergency assistance. What do you need right now to kind of get you through the next few days."Red Cross Helps Madison Fire Victims-Cindy Carter
Posted: Monday, November 2 2009, 06:37 PM CST
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