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FOLLOW THAT. MORE THAN 30 PEOPLE ARE WITHOUT A HOME TONIGHT AFTER A FIRE DESTROYED AN URBANDALE APARTMENT BUILDING. IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 11:00 A.M. THIS MORNING ON PATRICIA DRIVE NEAR DOUGLAS AVENUE. KCCI’S BEAU BOWMAN IS LIVE THERE TONIGHT WHERE CREWS ARE STILL WORKING TO PUT OUT THE FIRE. BEAU: HUBBELL REALTY IS THE BUILDING’S PROPERTY MANAGER, THEY SAID THIS BUILDING IS LIKELY A TOTAL LOSS. RED CROSS IS HERE HELPING THOSE PEOPLE WHO LOST EVERYTHING TODAY. >> THE HULL APARTMENT BUILDING KIND OF SETTLED. BEAU: ASHTON PLUMMER WATCHED FROM ACROSS THE STREET AS A FIRE CONSUMED HIS APARTMENT SUNDAY MORNING. >> IT IS A LITTLE HARD TO COME TO TERMS WITH. MY WHOLE LIFE IS KIND OF GONE. BEAU: PLUMMER IS JUST ONE OF DOZENS WHO LOST THEIR HOME. THERE WERE 31 APARTMENTS THAT WERE OCCUPIED WHEN RESIDENTS SAID THEY HEARD A LOUD BANG AND THEN SAW SMOKE. >> THESE GUYS LOST EVERYTHING. AS A COMMUNITY, WE ARE CALLED TO HELP EACH OTHER. BEAU: JACK FRIES LIVES RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM THE ASHFORD RIDGE APARTMENT COMPLEX. HE SAW THE SMOKE ON HIS DRIVE HOME FROM CHURCH AND THOUGHT IT COULD’VE BEEN HIS HOUSE THAT WAS ON FIRE. HE LUGGED HIS WAGON UP AND DOWN PATRICIA DRIVE HANDING OUT WATER TO THE MORE THAN 30 PEOPLE WATCHING THEIR LIVES GO UP IN SMOKE. >> WHAT CAN YOU DO? THAT IS A VERY SMALL TOKEN TO COMFORT THEM. >> VERY GOOD PEOPLE OUT THERE. BEAU: FIRE OFFICIALS SAY NO ONE WAS INJURED, BUT SOME PETS ARE UNACCOUNTED FOR. CREWS WERE ABLE TO CONTAIN THE FIRE TO THE ONE BUILDING. BUT THE WIND FROM THE SOUTH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO ATTACK FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF THE FIRE. >> THE PEOPLE INVOLVED, THE OCCUPANTS THAT ARE LOSING THEIR ITEMS. IT IS TRULY DEVASTATING. BEAU: AND AS YOU CAN SEE TH FIRE CREWS ARE STILL CLEANING UP THE MESS THIS FIRE CREATED. HUBBELL REALTY TOLD ME THIS AFTERNOON THEY ARE WORKING TO PLACE RESIDENTS IN OTHER HUBBELL APARTMENTS. LI