BOSTON (WHDH) - A two-alarm blaze at an apartment building in the South End early Saturday morning left five adults and three children displaced.

Crews responding to a building fire on Columbus Avenue around 2:30 a.m. found heavy smoke and flames filling the apartment building.

There were no reported injuries. The fire caused an estimated $250,000 in damage.

The American Red Cross is assisting the displaced residents.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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