HIGH POINT, N.C. — Nine families are out of a home after a fire broke out at an apartment building in High Point, according to officials.
The Red Cross said that accounts for more than 25 people displaced from the Broadstone Village Apartments.
Carlos Davinson told WFMY News 2's Jess Winters he was one of the many who had to evacuate, and hasn't been allowed in his apartment since.
"They said 'everybody get out, everybody get out!'" Davinson explained of firefighters knocking on people's doors to evacuate them. "It was crazy, I woke up because it smelt like smoke and outside there were lots of police, lots of people."
Deputy Chief Tim Wright says firefighters were called to the building on Maldon Way shortly before 1 a.m. A firetruck was at the scene in seven minutes. Firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke coming from the back of the building, third-floor window.
Fire officials say the fire started on a stovetop, and they think the resident fell asleep and forgot about it.
911 calls reveal the resident of the apartment where the fire originated was knocking on doors, trying to wake people up.
"It’s burning, it's burning, it's burning!" the caller screams as he banged on doors. "Everything is on fire!"
He later told the dispatcher he lost everything to the flames.
There was extensive damage to the unit the fire started in. No one was injured.
Three other units were damaged by water.
The Red Cross was called in to help the families, and the complex was able to open some units for the families to stay in.