ATF agents aiding probe into Ogden apartment building blaze, third major fire since Aug. 3

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ATF experts are aiding Ogden in the probe of a blaze that destroyed an apartment building that was under construction.

The weekend fire, which caused an estimated $3 million in damages, is the third major blaze in Ogden since Aug. 3.

Lotus Company, which was building the structure, lost another apartment building it was developing in Ogden last January.

OGDEN — Ogden fire officials, aided by federal experts, are sorting through the charred remains of an apartment building taking shape along the Ogden River that was destroyed in a weekend blaze.

The blaze, called in shortly before midnight Friday, is the third major fire in the city since Aug. 3, all of them still under investigation.

"There's no cause or origination yet on that fire," Ogden Fire Chief Mike Slater said,