Fire chief calls Friday fire suspicious
Published 3:45 pm Friday, May 19, 2017
- Firefighters prepare to enter a home at the corner of Fourth Street and Third Avenue Northwest early Friday afternoon. Eric Johnson/photodesk@austindailyherald.com
Austin Fire Chief Jim McCoy is calling a Friday afternoon fire suspicious.
The state fire marshal is investigating the fire that the Austin Fire Department responded to around 12:25 p.m. at 403 Third Ave. NW.
Firefighters put out fire in about 10 minutes on the back corner of the building, which sustained about $10,000 in damage, McCoy estimated.
The four-unit apartment building, which sits adjacent to Austin High School, was vacant when firefighters went in.
