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An apartment fire that started from a first floor kitchen caused between $250,000 and $300,000 in damage, said the Assistant Matthews Fire Chief Jay Gurian.
But town spokeswoman Annette Privette Keller said the department is still calculating a final damages estimate.
Two people were injured Friday night in the three-alarm fire that damaged 23 apartment units in Matthews.
Firefighters were called at about 8:30 p.m. Friday to the Berkshires at Matthews apartments, in the 1700 block of Chambers Drive, off Matthews-Mint Hill Road, Privette Keller said. The apartment complex is a short distance north of East Independence Boulevard near Butler High School.
Fire officials said two people were injured, apparently when they jumped from third-floor balconies in the three-story building. Medic reported that one person suffered life-threatening injuries, and the other person’s injuries were described as non-life-threatening.
No updates on their conditions were available Monday morning.
It took more than 60 firefighters — from the Matthews, Stallings, Mint Hill, Idlewild and Charlotte departments — more than an hour to bring the fire under control.
Over the weekend, fire officials said the blaze started in the kitchen of a first-floor unit. It appears as if the cause was food left cooking on a stove.
