LOCKPORT, NY - Multiples agencies responded to a fire at an apartment building on Tonawanda Creek Road Saturday afternoon.
Just before 3 p.m., a fire broke out at the apartment complex at 6219 Tonawanda Creek Road in Lockport.
"We had active flame coming through the entire front of the complex stair well and porch [...] Everyone's accounted for, everyone's alive, and that's what's important - and we can't ask for much more than that," said Rapids Fire Chief Barry Kobrin.
Rapids Fire Company was in charge of the scene, with Lockport Fire, Amherst Fire, Clarence Fire, and State Police also aiding in the efforts.
The Red Cross is assisting 23 people from 17 of the 20+ units in the building.
Coincidentally, Rapids Fire responded to a similarly large fire in the same complex, one building over about 10 years ago. Chief Kobrin recalls about 26 people were displaced in that fire.