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Family displaced after fire in Clay County

A Clay County family has been left with nothing after a fire Sunday morning at Highland Apartments.

Clay County Fire Rescue said the flames destroyed all of their belongings. Neighbors said rescue crews flew through the complex shortly after 11 a.m.

“I just saw a lot of smoke," neighbor Ron Winstead told Action News Jax. "I couldn’t really see but maybe 20-30 feet in front of me because it was so smoky. It was really bad.”

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Officials said the fire started in apartment 1102 and quickly spread, impacting four apartments and severely damaging two units.

Fire rescue officials said a child alerted adults to the fire in a bedroom. There were no working smoke detectors in the unit, they said.

It took 33 firefighters from Clay County, St. Johns County and Orange Park 20 minutes to get control of the flames.

No people or pets were injured.

Red Cross assisted tenants, all of whom are being housed in other units onsite.

The State Fire Marshall is investigating what caused the fire.