News4Jax on Wednesday learned from the city that the State Fire Marshal’s Office found several violations at two deteriorating Eastside apartment complexes in Jacksonville that have been the subject of an I-TEAM investigation.
It comes a day after federal and city inspectors went door to door at the Eastside Terrace Apartments and Eastside Gardens looking for safety issues. News4Jax saw more than a dozen inspectors from both Jacksonville city code enforcement and HUD at the complexes on Tuesday, checking about 100 units for safety violations.
The city said the Fire Marshal’s Office found violations including a broken firewall, no carbon monoxide detectors, unpermitted equipment, flammable storage and structural damage.
A formal report was expected in a week.