WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THIS IN JUST A MOMENT. >>> GOOD EVENING, I'M KRISTINE JOHNSON. WE BEGAN HERE AT 6:00 WITH SOME OTHER BREAKING NEWS OF ANOTHER FIRE, THIS ONE HAPPENING IN ROCKLAND COUNTY. A SMOLDERING SHELL IS ALL THAT IS LEFT OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING AFTER A FIRE TORE THROUGH IT THIS AFTERNOON. THIS IS ALL HAPPENING ALONG AVALON GARDENS DRIVE, LET'S GO LIVE NOW TO ALECIA REED, SHE IS AT THE SCENE WITH THE LATEST. ALECIA? >> KRISTINE, ONLY MOMENTS AGO, FIREFIGHTERS STOPPED DOUSING THAT BUILDING YOU SEE BEHIND ME. THEY WERE FIGHTING THAT PLACE FOR MORE THAN 2 1/2 HOURS. 10 FIRE STATIONS RUSHED TO THE SCENE AND THEY WERE ABLE TO KEEP THE FIRE CONTAINED TO ONE BUILDING. NOW, THIS IS THE AVALON GARDENS APARTMENT COMPLEX AND THE TOWN SUPERVISOR SAYS THERE WAS SOME SORT OF CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING NEARBY, AND GAS MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO HOW QUICKLY THE BUILDING WENT UP IN FLAMES. THAT SMOKE AND FLAMES COULD BE SEEN FOR MILES. NOW, THE FIRE STARTED AROUND 3:30 THIS EVENING, AND WE ARE TOLD WITHIN AN HOUR, THE ROOF CAVED IN. WE ARE AT RICHMOND LANE, GAS HAS BEEN TEMPORARILY TURNED OFF IN THE AREA. AND WHILE SOME RESIDENTS WERE AT WORK WHILE THE FIRE BROKE OUT, A FEW OF THEM WERE HOME AT THE TIME AND MANAGED TO GET OUT. >> THANKFULLY, IT APPEARS THAT EVERYBODY MADE IT OUT. ONE OF THE UNITS APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN VACANT, AND THERE WERE PEOPLE IN TWO OF THE UNITS WHEN THE FIRE STARTED. THEY WERE ABLE TO GET OUT SAFELY. THERE WERE PETS IN ONE OF THE OTHER APARTMENTS, WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUT. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WERE PROBABLY PETS IN THE LAST APARTMENT THAT LIKELY DIED IN THE FIRE, BUT WE ARE STILL TRYING TO CONFIRM ALL OF THAT. >> Reporter: SO FAR, NO INJURIES, BUT AGAIN, EVERY FAMILY INSIDE THAT BUILDING HAS BEEN DISPLACED. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WILL BE INVESTIGATED BY THE CLARKSTOWN INVESTIGATIVE BUREAU. RIGHT NOW, OSS THE IS O