Fire Damages Dozen Of Units At Buttonwood Village Apartment Complex

Crystal Cranmore reports.

WHITEMARSH TOWNSHIP.REPORTING LIVE CLEVE BRYANCBS3 "EYEWITNESS NEWS."GLAD EVERYBODY IS OKAYTHERE CLEVE.THANK YOU.NOW THE OTHER MAJOR FIRETO TELL ABOUT THIS NOONRESIDENTS OF A CAMDEN COUNTYAPARTMENT COMPLEX HAD TO RUSHOUT INTO THE COLD BECAUSETHEIR BUILDING WAS UP INFLAMES.THAT FIRE RIPPED THROUGH THEBUTTONWOOD VILLAGE APARTMENTCOMPLEX AT 486 SOUTH BLACKHORSE PIKE IN BLACKWOOD AND AS"EYEWITNESS NEWS" REPORTERCRYSTAL CRANMORE EXPLAINS ITWAS A TOUGH BATTLE FOR CREWSTO FIGHT.Reporter: FIREFIGHTERSTELL ME WHEN THEY GOT TO THESCENE MANY OF THE RESIDENTSSELF EVACUATED.AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THE FIRESTARTED ON THE THIRD FLOOR OFTHIS BUILDING HERE AT THECOMPLEX.CELL PHONE VIDEO CAPTURED ABALL OF FLAMES AT THISBUILDING EARLY TUESDAYMORNING.THE ROOF WAS BLAZING WITHFIRE.Reporter: MARA HICKS WASAT WORK WHEN SHE SAYS SHE GOTA FRIGHTENING CALL HERAPARTMENT WAS ON FIRE.AT THAT POINT WHEN IARRIVED THEY SAID THAT THEROOF WAS STARTING TO CAVE INFROM THE HEAVY DUTY BURNINGAND IT WAS STARTING TO SPREAD.Reporter: IT SPREADQUICKLY ACCORDING TOFIREFIGHTERS.THEY WERE CALLED OUT TO THE400 BLOCK OF BLACK HORSE PIKEIN BLACKWOOD, NEW JERSEY,AROUND MIDNIGHT.IT TOOK ABOUT THREE HOURS TOPLACE THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL.AUTHORITIES SAY TWO GLOUCESTERTOWNSHIP POLICE OFFICERS WERETAKEN TO JEFFERSON HOSPITALFOR SMOKE INHALATION.NO OTHER INJURIES WEREREPORTED.A BIG CHALLENGE FORFIREFIGHTERS,.JUST MAKING SURE GETTINGTHE FIRE IT WAS IN BETWEEN THEROOF AND THE CEILING.Reporter: A PORTION OFTHE ROOF ENDED UP COLLAPSING.FIRE OFFICIALS SAY RESIDENTSTHERE WERE WORKING SMOKEALARMS IN THE BUILDING.I SEEN THE FLASHING LIGHTSIN MY WINDOWS.Reporter: JAMES ELLISLIVES IN ANOTHER BUILDING.THANK GOD EVERYBODY GOT OUTOF THE BUILDING THAT WAS ONEVERYBODY GOT OUT SAFELY.Reporter: AUTHORITIES SAYALL 40 UNITS IN THIS BUILDINGSUSTAINED FIRE SMOKE OR WATERDAMAGE.AND IT WILL BE SOME TIMEBEFORE RESIDENTS CAN RETURNHOME.WE'RE TOLD THE RED CROSS ISASSISTING 29 PEOPLE.THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDERINVESTIGATION.