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Officials rule apartment fire accidental
UPDATE The Woods fire has been ruled accidental due to improperly discarded smoking materials and the damage has been estimated at $641,000.
UPDATE: Austin firefighters have doused a two-alarm apartment fire at The Woods, 2901 Barton Skyway.
Units arrived first about 5:45 p.m. to find six units engulfed in flames. Another four are uninhabitable because of water and smoke damage officials said. In all, officials said, 21 residents are displaced.
Austin-Travis County Emergency Management Services officials said there were no reported injuries.
Officials have not determined a cause nor estimated damages.
And previous reports of a feline death were incorrect. The cat was given oxygen and was revived. The units affected have also been changed to show that six were on fire when officials arrived.
EARLIER: Austin firefighters are on the scene of a 2-alarm apartment fire at The Woods apartment complex at 2901 Barton Skyway.
One building appears to be completely engulfed in flames and its roof has partially collapsed. Other buildings appear to be damaged.
At least a dozen fire trucks are at the scene of the blaze, near MoPac Boulevard (Loop 1).
A Austin-Travis County Emergency Management Services official said there were no reported injuries, except for a cat that had been killed in the blaze.
More to come on this developing story.
