Apartment fire in north Columbia

January 17, 2010 | 5:52 p.m. CST

*The address of the apartment building is 6224 East Circle Drive. An earlier caption misidentified the address.

Firefighters from the Boone County Fire Protection District tear away a section of roofing at an apartment building at the 1100 block of N Kathryn* early Sunday afternoon. Division Chief Gale Blomenkamp said the apartment the fire originated in, apartment eight, sustained heavy fire damage. The fire spread laterally, also causing damage in an adjoining apartment, but was under control within 10 minutes of fire crews arriving on scene.