5 Families Displaced After Franklin Apt Fire

Five families were displaced Monday evening after fire heavily damaged their apartment building in the Sussex Downs complex.

The Franklin Fire Department was dispatched to the fire just after 8 p.m. Firefighters arrived to find flames shooting through the roof of Building C at the Sussex Downs Apartments, located at 1125 Magnolia Drive.

Franklin Fire Marshal Andy King said all of the occupants of the 20-unit, two-story building were able to evacuate. No one was injured.

The cause of the fire, which King said appeared to have originated from a second floor balcony, is under investigation.

He estimated damage to the $2 million building at $400,000. King said it was not equipped with automatic fire sprinklers


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