Three people are without a home after flames tore through some Bay Park apartments early Saturday morning.
The fire sparked just before 3 a.m. in the Pine Terrace apartment complex at 2960 Clairemont Drive.
Cell phone video shows residents evacuating as firefighters battled the bright, orange flames.
No injuries were reported, but the blaze left residents shaken up, including longtime resident Larry Loiurio. He says his wife woke him up after hearing a lot of yelling. At that point, he says the fire was getting so intense, they just called the apartment manager and evacuated.
“You start thinking it could happen to anybody in any apartment. It could affect the whole building if it’s really serious," Loiurio said. "You live day by day and you don’t think about it, but when something like this happens, you think, wow.”
Officials say two units are a complete loss. A family of two adults and a child were displaced and are being helped by the Red Cross.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
