1 dead, more than 20 displaced after fire at Denton apartment complex

One person died, at least one other was injured and more than 20 other victims were displaced after an early morning fire Sunday at a Denton apartment complex, officials said.

The two-alarm fire at the 16-unit building in the 1200 block of Dallas Drive was declared under control by about 2:45 a.m., a little less than an hour after firefighters were dispatched, the Denton Fire Department said in a news release.

About half the units were impacted by the fire, battalion chief David Boots told the Denton Record-Chronicle. The department notified the American Red Cross of the residents who were displaced.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

An apartment resident, 78-year-old Roy Malone, was listed as a death at the complex the morning of the fire in the Tarrant County medical examiner records. His cause and manner of death were still pending at of Dec. 14.