Multiple Philadelphia fire trucks responded to a four-alarm blaze at an apartment building in West Philadelphia early Saturday morning.

The building is on the corner of 48th and Locust streets. Residents say it has been abandoned for more than five years.

After breaking out around 5 a.m., the fire was placed under control around 7 a.m. — meaning the fire incident commander on the scene is confident it won't spread — but flames and smoke may continue for some time. A fourth alarm was struck around 6:15 a.m.

Around 8:30 a.m., the fire appeared to be reigniting.

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"I got out of bed and I went to the window...I lifted the window up and looked out, and that whole roof, that whole building was nothing but flames coming out the window, the roof was burning and all,

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