NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A fire at a Nashville apartment building has left all residents without homes after flames tore through a 12-unit building on Highway 70.

Elvyn Agboto woke up to thick smoke filling his apartment.

"I couldn't see like three feet ahead of me because there was so much smoke in the house," Agboto said.

He searched for his mom and brother, but they had already left for work, so Agboto ran outside to safety.

"The fire alarm didn't go off at first but after a while like after being out here for a minute or two that is when everything started going off," he said.

Nashville firefighters responded to reports of an appliance fire at the complex. When they arrived, they faced challenging conditions.

For the first thirty minutes, Nashville Fire's District 19 Chief Aaron

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