A reader reports this morning on the aftermath of the blaze yesterday that destroyed the Axis Apartments — from a balcony perch west of Montrose Blvd.: “The firemen are packing up this morning on West Dallas after continuing to fight the fire through the night. I live in one of the townhouses across the street from the fire yesterday. I got home from work in the evening to find my house in good shape, a little smokey and singed and a broken window but otherwise fine. The firemen sprayed down the fronts of the houses to keep them cool.”

Here’s an amazing sequence of views of the same section of the 5-story apartments JLB Partners was building at 2400 West Dallas, from before the fire:

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. . . from yesterday evening, after the fire:

. . . and from this morning, after a good night’s demo work:

“Last night they continued to fight the fire and knockdown the structure,” reports the reader. “After more than a year of living with the noise, the exterior construction was almost complete across the street from me. I was looking forward to some peace and quiet . . . as compared to cutting bricks with a rotary saw, I mean.”

Photos: Swamplot inbox

Pictures of a Disappearance