Fire Burns Sandy Springs Apartments

Sandy Springs fire crews worked to put out a three-alarm fire at the Lexington Glen Apartments on Saturday afternoon.

After being on the scene for more than two hours -- the fire started just before 4 p.m. -- crews were able to knock down the fire, which destroyed 20 apartments in a four-story, 64-unit building.

All residents of that building were relocated due to the power situation.

The fire marshall reported that no one was hurt in the blaze.

"I just honestly hope that no one was inside, because i just think that i almost didn't get out," said Brandy Harmon, one of the victims of the fire.

"I ran outside and the second and third floor was just engulfed in flames," said Terrance Alexander, who lives at Lexington Glen.

"I was inside and I had the vacuum going," said Debra Vaughn, another resident.

"I turned the vacuum off and thought I heard a car alarm, and [when] I came outside I saw the building completely engulfed in flames."

Though the fire marshal said they didn't yet know the official cause of the fire, several residents believed that it started when someone on the second floor left a barbecue grill unattended on a balcony.

Since most of the Sandy Springs Fire Department was fighting this apartment fire, the fire marshall told 11Alive that crews from the City of Atlanta, Cobb County, and the Roswell Fire Department manned Sandy Springs fire stations. Seven units -- 24 firefighters -- worked to stop the apartment fire.

Lexington Glen apartments requires renters to present proof of renter's insurance when they sign their leases.