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UPDATE (WKOW) -- A resident of an apartment building that caught on fire Monday morning is safe, but left everything behind her. "I never expected this to happen," said displaced resident LeAnn Berghoff , who woke up from screams outside her apartment and found her bedroom filling up with smoke. "I looked out the window and I just heard people screaming , get out, get out!" Berghoff says she had no time to think, breaking through her bedroom window to escape. She left with just the clothes on her back. Her roommate, Paul Pankau, was working at the time of the fire but hurried back home after he received a call from Berghoff. "I knew she wasn't lying [about the fire], cause I could hear the sincerity and scared in her voice, she was shocked," said Pankau, recalling his conversation on the phone. As devastation sets in, Berghoff says she's trying to moving forward. "I got to get a new place to stay, I got to buy all new clothes, all new shoes...

SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. (WMTV) - The Sun Prairie Fire Department was called to an apartment fire located in the 600 block of Schiller Street on Monday around 4 a.m. According to the Sun Prairie Fire Department , firefighters arrived to a 16 unit apartment building with a lot of smoke showing. They found an active fire and began to put it out immediately. All the residents had evacuated when they arrived and residents from 14 of the 16 units are displaced due to this fire and the American Red Cross and Sun Prairie School District are providing support. The fire is still under investigation and we will update you once more information is received. ---------------------------------- SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. (WMTV) -- Several fire departments are on scene of a fire at an apartment complex in Sun Prairie. The fire is at the Arlington Apartments on Schiller Court. The call came in just after four this morning. The Red Cross is also on scene and ...

Sun Prairie apartment complex " /> Sun Prairie apartment complex " /> More Headlines SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. - Residents from 14 units in an apartment building are displaced after a fire early Monday morning . The Sun Prairie Fire Department was called at 4:04 a.m. to the 600 block of Schiller Street on a report of an apartment fire . Firefighters said there was heavy smoke coming from the building when they arrived. Firefighters from Deforest, Dane, and Columbus assisted at the scene. Fire officials say no one was injured. Twenty-five people were picked up by a Metro bus and taken to the Sun Prairie Middle School . Officials said the school district is providing a place for displaced residents to stay until alternative housing is arranged. The Red Cross is assisting those families, officials said. The cause of the fire is under investigation.