Lightning Caused Fire at Pegasus Pointe near UCF

Housing, News, Safety — By Staff on June 21, 2010 at 10:32 am

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UPDATE:

KnightNews.com has learned that lightning caused the fire at one of the Pegasus Pointe apartment buildings yesterday.

Orange County Fire Rescue responded at about 3:15 p.m. Everyone was evacuated from the building safely, and there were no injuries, according to UCF. Most of the students who live in the building were allowed to return to their apartments that evening. Five students in two apartments were not able to return to their home last night.

UCF Housing & Residence Life staff were available to help those students find other housing if needed, according to Chad Binette, a UCF spokesman.

UCF Police assisted Orange County Fire Rescue at the scene.

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ORIGINAL BREAKING NEWS STORY 6/20/4:48 PM
KnightNews.com is getting reports of a possible fire at Pegasus Pointe Apartments.

One of our readers sent us a picture showing fire trucks and something resembling a ladder truck being used to fight the apparent fire.

There were no flames visible from Alafya Trail as of last check, however, several fire trucks were seen. A WESH 2 News truck was also on scene.

We’re working to get more information on this breaking story, and we’ll post it when we do.

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