{"id":783925,"date":"2026-05-09T09:11:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T09:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/783925\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T09:11:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T09:11:18","slug":"20-people-displaced-after-phoenix-apartment-fire-got-too-big-too-fast-fd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/783925\/","title":{"rendered":"20+ people displaced after Phoenix apartment fire got &#8216;too big too fast&#8217;: FD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:Fox local;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"Fox local\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/232C1E841BC0BB863E0E9B74B574D5BADEBDCEDD7912DF6C56EBCD799BAD61E9\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefill_w0_h40;quality_80;format_webp\/\"\/><\/a>Sat, May 9, 2026 at 3:26 AM UTC<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_fox_aggregated_articles_807\/8279d49bb86933b57f92cafe63dfea50.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>20+ people displaced after Phoenix apartment fire got &#8216;too big too fast&#8217;: FD<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Brief<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li class=\"list-disc\">\n<p>Up to 25 people have been displaced from their homes as a result of a fire in Phoenix.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-disc\">\n<p>The fire happened at an apartment complex near 25th Avenue and Glendale.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-disc\">\n<p>&#8220;It was one of those fires that just got too big, too fast,&#8221; said a fire spokesperson at the scene.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>PHOENIX<\/strong> &#8211; Fire crews in Phoenix battled an apartment fire on the night of May 8 that left a number of residents without a place to live.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What we know<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The fire happened at an apartment in the area of <a data-ylk=\"slk:25th Avenue and Glendale;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/TXrydxLgZakQ9gHH9\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">25th Avenue and Glendale<\/a>. According to a Phoenix Fire spokesperson, crews were called to the area at around 6:45 p.m. for a fire that spread from a tree to a three-story apartment building in the area.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, fire officials say 55 to 75 firefighters were at the scene to fight the blaze.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was one of those fires that just got too big, too fast, and our crews had to go to a defensive posture,&#8221; said a fire official at the scene.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dig deeper<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Per the spokesperson, the cause of the fire is under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the spokesperson said about 20 to 25 people were displaced from their homes as a result of the fire.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We do have Red Cross on scene to help them out with any of their needs,&#8221; the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>Area where the fire happened<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Source<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Information for this article was gathered from the Phoenix Fire Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sat, May 9, 2026 at 3:26 AM UTC 20+ people displaced after Phoenix apartment fire got &#8216;too big&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":783926,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,14248,5643,1587,320665,1589,13129,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-783925","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-apartment-complex","10":"tag-arizona","11":"tag-az","12":"tag-fire-in-phoenix","13":"tag-phoenix","14":"tag-phoenix-fire","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116543848834996146","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=783925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}