Lightning strike starts apartment building fire in Colorado Springs, 64 people displaced

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- 64 people are without a home after an apartment fire on Olympic Park Point in northeast Colorado Springs at the Apex Apartments.

Colorado Springs Fire Department (CSFD) says the fire destroyed 34 apartments on Saturday morning. No one was injured in the fire that took 50 firefighters to put out, according to CSFD.

The Red Cross is helping families that were displaced.

Firefighters were back out at the apartment investigating the cause on Saturday morning.

According to CSFD, investigators have confirmed that a lightning strike Friday night caused the fire.