Electrical short triggers apartment fire in SE Austin

AUSTIN (KXAN) – An electrical short started a fire at a southeast Austin apartment building late Sunday afternoon, said the Austin Fire Department.
The call came in at about 5:43 p.m. for the fire at an apartment complex in the 2100 block of Elmont Drive just north of Riverside Drive and west of South Pleasant Valley Road.
When firefighters arrived, they said the fire was in the attic of the two-story building, and they began an offensive attack.
They had the majority of the fire extinguis