Apartment Building, Residential Birmingham, AL – Early morning fire at downtown loft apartment building extinguished by sprinkler system June 25, 2018 viking210 Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service evacuated the Phoenix Building Lofts early Saturday morning due to a fire. The Phoenix building is located on 2nd Avenue in downtown Birmingham. Residents say there was a grease fire and an entire wall is gone in one of the units on the third floor. One person was transported to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries. Authorities say the sprinkler system activated and put out the fire before firefighters arrived. Roads were closed in a one-block radius. Authorities continue to investigate.
