Fire damage estimated at $5 million to building in Forum Flats development
A building in the Forum Flats apartment development at Danny Thomas Boulevard and Martin Luther King Avenue was consumed by fire Friday morning in a three-alarm blaze that appeared to damage part of another building. The $16 million project is under construction and set to open in the fall. (Bill Dries/Daily Memphian)
Damage is estimated at $5 million to one building under construction in the 205-unit development at Danny Thomas and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
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Yolanda Jones
Yolanda Jones covers criminal justice issues and general assignment news for The Daily Memphian. She previously was a reporter at The Commercial Appeal.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.
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