(Updated at 4:57 p.m. Friday): ROCKVILLE, MD — About 75 people are displaced after a three-alarm fire ripped through a Rockville apartment building Friday afternoon.

The fire occurred at Fireside Apartments at 735 Monroe St. at about 1:30 p.m., spokesperson Pete Piringer said.

Arriving firefighters saw heavy fire showing from the second and third floor of one of the buildings at the complex. The 20-30 mph winds quickly spread the fire to the adjoining buildings, affecting about 30 apartments.