8 displaced after Deerfield Beach apartment fire

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. – An apartment fire in Deerfield Beach left five adults and three children displaced early Wednesday morning.

Broward Sheriff’s Fire Rescue crews responded to the public housing complex off southwest Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, just south of West Hillsboro Boulevard.

Firefighters say the fire may have started in the kitchen and was a result of cooking.

The American Red Cross is helping those who have been displaced.


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