2-alarm fire at apartment building displaces residents, closes nearby school in Lansdale

LANSDALE, Pa. (WPVI) -- More than a dozen residents were displaced following a two-alarm fire at an apartment building in Montgomery County early Thursday morning.

It happened just before 4 a.m. on the 400 block of East Main Street in Lansdale, Pennsylvania.

Fire crews arrived to find heavy smoke coming from the basement area of one of the apartment buildings.

Investigators believe the fire may have been caused by electrical wires.

The displaced residents were taken to Lansdale Catholic High School.

Lansdale Catholic posted on their social media that the school will be closed on Thursday and will operate on a Flexible Instruction Day while the building is used as an evacuation location for the displaced residents.

A total of 16 people from six families were displaced.

No injuries were reported.