11 A.M. UPDATE: Vanessa Valdez, the Communications Manager for the American Red Cross Texas Gulf Coast Region, has confirmed it has financially helped 32 people or 7 families. They were provided with funds to find temporary housing and to purchase food and clothing. As for the damage, Corpus Christi Fire officials say two units were damaged by the fire. The two units below them were flooded. Electricity has been shut off to eight units in total.
ORIGINAL STORY:
Thirty-two people were displaced after a large fire broke out at a Bay Area apartment complex.
According to Corpus Christi Assistant Fire Chief Billy Belyue, at 7:06 pm, a delivery driver saw flames coming from a second-story unit at the Aventine Corpus Christi Apartment Homes on the 33-hundred block of South Alameda. When crews arrived, they put out the fire in 40 minutes.
Thirty-two people were displaced and the American Red Cross has been called in to try to find these families temporary housing.
No one was injured, but according to CCFD a pet cat lost its life.
Fire investigators still have not determined what started the blaze. This is a developing story. KRIS 6 News will have more information as soon as it becomes available.
