Unattended candle fire displaces 21 people
News 8 Austin Staff
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Investigators blame an unattended candle for a fire at a North Austin fourplex.
The accidental fire forced 21 people from their homes.
It happened about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 1900 block of West Loop. No one was hurt.
Firefighters say the hardest part is finding those displaced a place to stay.
Fourplex fire
Residents of a fourplex had to be moved to a hotel in Taylor.
"The Red Cross is getting them a place to stay with South by Southwest it's very hard, there's no hotel rooms in Austin. We're having a very hard time finding them a place to stay," Chief Palmer Buck of the Austin Fire Department said.
The Red Cross found the closest available hotel rooms in Taylor
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