VIDEO/PHOTOS: A fire broke out at a Bellevue apartment complex Saturday morning, destroying at least a dozen units. The fire at Slate Apartment Homes in the 7400 block of Highway 70 South was reported shortly before 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 16.
District Chief Aaron Sparkman with the Nashville Fire Department said the blaze started in a first-floor unit and quickly spread, turning it into a multiple-alarm fire. โI think we had a total of like 15 engine companies, six truck companies, two rescues, three or four ambulances, and four or five fire chiefs, and some support units on scene,โ Sparkman said. Community members described watching flames shoot feet into the air as firefighters battled the blaze. โIโve never been through something like this. This is my first time. Just seeing it, itโs terrible,โ Maria Troche, who lives across from the damaged building, told News 2.
