2 kids, 2 adults taken to hospitals after fire at 4-plex in north Austin

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Four people were taken to hospitals and nine people were displaced as a result of a fire in north Austin on Monday.

The Austin Fire Department responded to a "heavy fire" at a four-plex at 10300 Brownie Drive around noon Monday, according to the agency's X account.

AFD said four people were transported by Austin-Travis County EMS medics for smoke inhalation, and a total of nine people were displaced because of the fire. Austin Police Victim Services and the Red Cross of Central Texas will assist those who lost their homes in the fire.

ATCEMS said medics took two adults to Dell Seton Medical Center and two pediatric patients to Dell Children’s Medical Center, and all of them were in stable condition.

The cause of the fire was still under investigation Monday afternoon, AFD said.