Emergency Fire Responders
San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. FILE photo courtesy OnScene.TV)

Firefighters battled a blaze that broke out in a high-rise apartment building in downtown San Diego’s East Village Thursday.

Crews responded within five minutes to a fire reported at 5:20 a.m. Thursday at the Leo Apartment Homes at 715 15th St., at the corner of G Street near Makers Quarter, according to the San Diego Fire Rescue Department.

A total of 36 personnel were dispatched to the scene along with equipment including two fire trucks, five engines, two battalion chiefs, one medic and one rescue vehicle.

There were no reports of injuries or damages. The event was reported closed by the fire department about 90 minutes later.

The cause of the fire was not immediately clear.

Makers Quarter is a multi-block urban live-work-play development blending residential, office, retail and open spaces.

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