By Jeannette Rivera-lyles
The Orlando Sentinel
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Two firefighters were hurt when a Kissimmee apartment building burned Sunday night, and dozens of people were left homeless as a result of the blaze.
Several units of the Kissimmee Fire Department responded around 9 p.m. to a fire at the Villa del Sol Condominiums, said Megan Shephard, a fire department spokeswoman. The blaze was in a three-story, 24-unit building at 4103 Tropical Isle Blvd.
As firefighters checked for people inside, half of the top floor’s roof collapsed. Two firefighters suffered burns but the injuries were not life-threatening, Shephard said. The names of the firefighters were not released, and no additional information was available Sunday night on their injuries.
One of the men was flown to Orlando Regional Medical Center. The other was taken to Florida Hospital Kissimmee.
No resident had been reported injured or missing, but firefighters were searching to make sure no one had been trapped in the section of the building that collapsed.
Workers and volunteers of the American Red Cross were en route to the scene to offer support to the displaced residents.
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