Dozens displaced after massive fire breaks out at Brookhaven apartment complex

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — The DeKalb County Fire Department spent the day Monday putting out hot spots after a large apartment fire broke out in Brookhaven.

Capt. Jaeson Daniels of DeKalb Fire and Rescue said fire erupted in the 1000 block of Lenox Park Circle in Brookhaven around 6:30 a.m. Monday.

NewsChopper 2 flew over the apartments and saw smoke billowing for miles.

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“I just ran over there and just started knocking on everybody’s door trying to get them out of there,” witness Yusef Thorne told Channel 2′s Elizabeth Rawlins.

Daniels said everyone was evacuated from the building and there are no reported injuries.

“The entire roof is gone, it’s collapsed in,” a witness named Moriah said.

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The Red Cross is now helping after nearly 40 units were damaged.

At one point, first responders shut down Roxboro Road south of East Paces Ferry.

“I’m glad I did go to the other apartments because it started spreading,” Thorne said.

“The top floor is gone. The middle floor is flooding and it’s going down into the bottom floor,” Moriah said.

It’s still unclear what caused the fire, but investigators say it started on the third floor, which is the top floor of the building.

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