Detroit apartment blaze torches five-story building

Firefighters battle apartment blaze in Detroit

A vacant apartment building was left a smoldering shell of itself after a fire tore through the structure in Detroit's Dexter Linwood neighborhood.

DETROIT (FOX 2) - A massive blaze at a vacant Detroit apartment building left the structure as nothing but a shell of its self early Thursday morning.

The fire, which sent smoke sky-high as the sun rose was declared a 3rd alarm around 5 a.m.

At least six fire engines, three trucks, and two squads responded to the area of Dexter and Cortland near the Davison Highway.

It's unclear what caused the fire.

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The building is five stories tall. As crews battled the blaze, flames could still be seen licking at the bottom floor. Previously flames could be seen towering over the structure.