The Bloomington Fire Department said Monday it does not yet have a damage estimate on an apartment fire Thursday evening that required every BFD unit to fight.
A tenant in the apartment building at 2608 Hall Court reported smoke from around a washer and dryer in their apartment about 7:41 p.m. Fire officials said a thermal imaging camera showed the fire was in the wall of the apartment and spread to multiple levels of the building.
The department ordered an evacuation and searched the building after multiple people left. Firefighters rescued a child and six cats from the burning building. The child was in the last apartment searched.
Firefighters put in numerous hand lines on several floors and used two ladder trucks, but pulled out after a section of the roof collapsed. The flames took several hours to bring under control and hot spots lasted till morning.
The cause of the fire is as yet undetermined.
