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Fire breaks out at downtown Corpus Christi apartment building

Crews ran a water line inside and were able to put it out and limit the damage to the building, which no one was living in according to Corpus Christi Fire Department Chief Robert Rocha.

CORPUS CHRISTI (Kiii News) — A two-alarm fire in downtown Corpus Christi caused quite the scene Thursday morning as fire crews arrived and found smoke pouring from the building.

The fire broke out just before 7:30 a.m. at apartments along the 200 block of Chaparral Street. Crews ran a water line inside and were able to put it out and limit the damage to the building, which no one was living in according to Corpus Christi Fire Department Chief Robert Rocha.

"We don't think the building was occupied," Rocha said. "We think there was some renovations that were taking place, and so if you have an unoccupied building you need some kind of start to the fire, and Corpus Christi investigators will get on scene and make that determination."

Rocha said the fire commanders did a good job rotating crews to keep firefighters from becoming overheated, with temperatures in South Texas rising even at 7:30 a.m.

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