DALLAS — Firefighters instructed an apartment tenant to put out his balcony fire pit less than two weeks before a fire that began on the same balcony destroyed a 30-unit apartment building, Dallas Fire-Rescue officials confirmed to WFAA.
Everyone survived the fire at the Garrison Apartments in Lake Highlands early Sunday morning, but firefighters said they had to rescue five people from inside the burning building and bring two to the hospital for treatment.
Neighbors said several people had to jump out of upper-story windows to escape the flames…