Flames consume a six-unit apartment building and vehicles Sept. 3 at 6 Jewell St in Jay. The cause is undetermined, Fire Rescue Chief Mike Booker said. Jay Fire Rescue photo

JAY — The cause of a fire that destroyed a six-unit apartment building at 6 Jewell St. on Sept. 3  is  being classified as undetermined, Fire Rescue Chief Mike Booker said.

A dog, three cats and a hamster perished in the nighttime blaze at the three-story building. Ten occupants were displaced and three firefighters suffered minor injuries.

Members of the Office of State Fire Marshal investigated the fire.

Besides the apartment building, the fire burned two of the tenants’ vehicles, Booker said.

It also destroyed a shed on the property and burned a workshop adjacent to the building at 8 Jewell St. There was also some heat damage to that residence.

At the adjacent 4 Jewell St., a residence had all of its windows on the side facing the fire blown out from the heat, he said.

Sixty-three firefighters from several towns respond to assist.