Firefighters responded to a call early Wednesday at Vickery Meadow apartment complex. (NBC 5 KXAS-TV)
[This post has been updated.]
Staff writer Caitlyn Jones reports:
Two residents were injured in an apartment fire early Wednesday morning in Northeast Dallas.
Dallas firefighters responded to a call around 4:30 a.m. at the Holly Bend Apartments in the 7100 block of Holly Hill Drive. The blaze started in a second-floor apartment and spread to the third floor, damaging the roof and breezeway of the apartment building, Dallas Fire-Rescue officials said.
Firefighters extinguished the fire within an hour, fire officials said in a news release.
The fire started after an accidental electrical short and caused $2,500 in damages, officials said.
The apartment where the fire started was occupied by two women who were injured while fleeing. Both were taken to a local hospital, one for smoke inhalation and the other for burn injuries.
Both remain in stable condition, officials said.