MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) -- A Merced family will need to find a new place to call home after their apartment was destroyed in an early morning fire.
Crews responded to the unit at Second and S Street just before 5 am Monday.
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Firefighters arrived to find the structure fully engulfed in flames.
The three people who lived inside managed to escape, but the Merced fire chief says the unit is a complete loss.
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The Red Cross is now helping the family with supplies and a temporary place to stay.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.