BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —

We're getting a new look at the massive fire that displaced 19 people and engulfed four buildings in Birmingham's Five Points South community last week.

Videos sent to WVTM 13 by a resident in a neighboring building show firefighters staging around the initial blaze.

Fire crews started responding to the fire around 5:30 a.m. on Halloween at a vacant building on 20th Street South. It then spread to three apartment and condominium buildings.

The wood frame building, which had originally been a house and later a business, became fully engulfed in intense flames and the roof collapsed.

Birmingham Fire and Rescue said the fire spread to brick apartment and condominium buildings on either side. A total of four buildings were involved.

Within a couple of hours, one of t

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