11-29-21 brownsville apartment fire

Nobody was injured in a fire that damaged a Brownsville apartment.  At approximately 7:30am Sunday morning  Brownsville firefighters responded to a fire at a four unit apartment building on Main Street.    Fire crews quickly extinguished the fire in the second story apartment bedroom,  but not before the fire caused major fire and  smoke damage.  Eight people in the apartment complex were displaced  and are being assisted by the Red Cross.    The cause of the fire was determined to be a seven year old child playing with and lighting fireworks while alone in the bedroom.