A couple and their two young children narrowly escaped a fire that destroyed their Beaverton apartment and damaged neighboring units early Sunday morning.
Firefighters responded Sunday morning about 1 a.m. to reports of a fire in the Hunt's Court complex on SW Farmington Road in Beaverton. Flames engulfed the single story complex, and firefighters evacuated several neighbors in seven adjacent units, said Cassandra Ulven with Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue.
The couple was watching television when they heard cracking sounds.
They discovered their patio engulfed with windows breaking and fire
penetrating into the living room. They escaped through a bedroom
window. Both adults suffered smoke inhalation and minor burns. The
children were unharmed and no other tenants or firefighters were
injured. The smoke alarm in the unit had been disabled, Ulven said.
Firefighters extinguished the fire within 15 minutes, but the apartment was destroyed and three adjacent units were damaged by smoke and water. The cause of the fire is under investigation.