SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Around 5:50 this morning, two apartment units at South Lafontaine and South Wabash Ave were engulfed in flames.
The Springfield Fire Department was able to contain the blaze after 6 a.m. No injuries are being reported.
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One resident says she got the call at work that her apartment was destroyed.
“I ran straight from work, and I got here probably less than five minutes later, and the whole thing was on,” said resident Kylie Harper. “I saw flames coming from his window and the roof and everything. The whole building was a total loss, and they’re just gonna have to tear the whole thing down and be rebuild it. Basically, they said it’ll probably sit empty for a while.”…