No injuries were reported after crews extinguished a fire at an apartment building under construction in Southeast Austin Sunday night, according to the Austin Fire Department.
The fire in the 4600 block of South Pleasant Valley Road, between St. Elmo and Teri roads, left South Pleasant Valley closed for several hours Sunday evening.
Some Redditors captured video of the flames, with u/userbruiserdooser writing it “got pretty apocalyptic in Franklin Park for a second” and that they evacuated after “watering down” their roof.
Fire in south Austin – view from my roof byu/userbruiserdooser inAustinMild flare up in 78744 byu/Worldly_Progress_655 inAustinFire from last night byu/ElLobo124 inAustin
One commenter, u/outofcontext89, wrote that the fire occurred directly behind their house and it was “kinda terrifying.” They wrote that “the fire was blowing hot ash directly into their backyard,” but as of 9:10 p.m. Sunday, “none of the houses have caught fire and everyone is safely shivering outside.”
Austin Fire East of 35 close to 71 byu/dingodingogo inAustin
Another commenter, u/Odd-Balance-2265, reported a “loud explosion” and “embers and wads of fire balls” falling down in the area.
AFD has not released the cause of the fire…