Houston fire: Apartment units damaged near Olympia, Hayes

FULL: Update on Houston apartment fire on Olympia

The Houston Fire Department gives an update on an apartment fire on Olympia. Two people were taken to the hospital. Sixteen units were damaged.

HOUSTON - Two people were taken to the hospital and others were treated for smoke inhalation after an apartment fire in west Houston on Wednesday morning, officials say.

Building destroyed in apartment fire

What we know:

The fire was reported around 8:30 a.m. at an apartment complex on Olympia Drive at Hayes Road. 

According to the Houston Fire Department, more than 100 firefighters responded to the fire and got it under control by 10 a.m.

Officials say a firefighter and two other people were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation. Another person was taken to the hospital with smoke inhalation, and a second person was hospitalized for a non-fire-related reason, HFD says.

HFD says two people jumped from the second story before firefighters arrived, and they landed on a couch that maintenance workers had moved to catch them. Firefighters helped two other people get down from the second floor.

By the numbers:

The fire department says 16 units in one building were heavily damaged, and the building appears to be a total loss. Five of those units were vacant. Fire officials say apartment management is trying to get the impacted residents moved to other units.

What we don't know:

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.