The Cooper residents finally given access to their belongings 7 months after fire

The Brief

  • Displaced residents of The Cooper apartments are finally being allowed to retrieve all their belongings seven months after a massive fire at the Fort Worth complex.
  • Management previously restricted access, citing safety and mold concerns. Residents said their units remained undamaged throughout the delay.
  • The residents were forced to pay an approved mover out of pocket to get their belongings back. They are now fighting to get that hefty expense reimbursed.

FORT WORTH, Texas Residents displaced by a massive fire at a Fort Worth apartment complex in June are finally being allowed to retrieve all of their belongings.

Cooper Apartments Fire

What we know:

When hundreds of residents evacuated their apartments for a six-alarm fire on June 23, they never could have imagined the long battle that was ahead.

FOX 4 first spoke with Eliseo Acevedo just three days after the fire. The Cooper briefly allowed him into his undamaged apartment to retrieve his father’s ashes.

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