KEARNEY - Residents of a west Kearney apartment complex safely evacuated after fire broke out in their apartment today in west Kearney.

At 12:05 the Kearney Volunteer Fire Department was called to No.88 La Crosse Dr. on the west edge of Kearney for a reported structure fire. Occupants of the apartment fled before firefighters arrived, police radio traffic indicated.

The Nebraska Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of the fire.