Residents of Hudson Malone Towers evacuate due to fire

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Residents of Hudson Malone Towers were evacuated from the downtown Albany building Sunday as local first responders worked to contain a fire inside at least one of the apartments.

Local first responders gather in front of Malone Towers in downtown Albany following a fire that led to the evacuation of the building Sunday morning. According to premliminary reports, no one was injured in the fire that started in at least one of the apartments. (Staff Photo: Jim Hendricks)

Residents of the Hudson Malone Towers in downtown Albany take refuge in the gym of First United Mehtodist Church not long after the Albany Housing Authority facility was evacuated due to a fire Sunday morning. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)

Hudson Malone Towers residents Terrance Washington and Debbie Williams, wait patiently in the gum at First United Methodist Church following the evacuation of the Albany Housing Authority facility due to a fire Sunday morning. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)

An Albany police cruiser blocks traffic on Jefferson Street in downtown Albany as first repsonders from the Albany Police Department, Albany Fire Department and Dougherty County EMS work to contain a fire situation at Malone Towers Sunday morning. (Staff Photo: Jim Hendricks)

Resident of Hudson Malone towers take refuge in the gym at First United Methodist Church following a fire Sunday morning that forced the evacuation of the Albany Housing Authority facility. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)

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