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.…