Five fire trucks responded to a fire that broke out at a one-structure building with three student apartments at East 23rd Avenue and Harris Street Wednesday afternoon at about 4:30 p.m.

Fire fighters cut a hole in the roof to access the fire. It is unclear how much damage was caused by the fire. None of the five occupants were injured.

“The fire started from the outside, and it looks like that went to the interior of the house and up the stairs,” said Randy DeWitt, deputy chief of the Eugene Fire Department. “We won’t know officially until the investigation.”

“There were no individuals in the apartment when we arrived,” he said, “but it was an occupant who smelled the smoke and made the call.”

Fire fighters appeared to have the blaze under control by 5 p.m.

Firefighters clean up the scene from the house that caught fire on East 23rd Avenue and Harris Street Wednesday afternoon. (Tess Freeman/Emerald)