VIDEO/PHOTOS: A firefighter was injured after crews with the Austin Fire Department responded to a fire at Domain in north Austin, said Thayer Smith, AFD assistant chief of operations, during a media briefing Tuesday.
Around 12:45 p.m., AFD crews responded to a report of smoke at an apartment at the Domain, which was โemanating smoke around the Louis Vuitton storeโ at 11600 Century Oaks Terrace, Smith said. The fire was upgraded to a second alarm around 1:28 p.m. and then a third-alarm response around 2:46 p.m., Thayer said.
He said this happened, because the fire was โvery difficult to accessโ with there being residential areas and stores in the building. โCrews continues to find fire both above, below and to the sides of them in this residential space on the second and third floors of this particular building,โ Thayer said. โThatโs why it was so manpower intensive โ to get enough crews to the scene, to evacuate the stores, evacuate the apartments and then make access to the fire.โ
