FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. (KABC) -- Forty-five people were displaced from their homes and dozens of vehicles burned when a fire erupted early Saturday morning at an apartment complex in Fountain Valley, authorities said.
The massive blaze was reported shortly after 2:30 a.m. in the 10400 block of Slater Avenue, damaging or destroying about 40 vehicles. The extreme heat melted the rear lights and bumpers on several cars that were untouched by flames.
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Fountain Valley Fire Department firefighters arrived at the scene to find a carport engulfed by a massive inferno, which they extinguished within 30 minutes.
Fifteen of the building's 16 damaged units were occupied. Those residents were evacuated and are temporarily being housed at a nearby hotel, a Fire Department spokesman said. No injuries were reported.
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The cause of the fire is under investigation.