Clarksville man hospitalized after apartment fire Sunday

An apartment building was damaged and one person was hospitalized following a fire early Sunday morning in north Clarksville.

The call of fire at the Pembroke Park Apartments off of Ringold Road came out about 1:30 a.m. and Clarksville firefighters arrived to find heavy fire and smoke coming from an apartment.

The man living in that apartment had to be taken to a hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation.

Firefighters were able to keep the flames from spreading to adjacent apartments and the cause of the blaze remains under investigation.

Officials say the man will be displaced by the fire.