A fire at a New Bedford apartment building reignited early Saturday morning.
New Bedford Fire Chief Scott Kruger said firefighters were first called to the building on Acushnet Avenue shortly after 4 p.m. on Friday.
Twelve adults and four children were displaced due to water and smoke damage.
Kruger said after the initial fire was extinguished, firefighters monitored hot spots at the building for hours, but after they left, the fire reignited.
"The wind picked up during the night and we must have had some embers in that reignite, so we had to go back," he said.
At the same time the fire reignited, New Bedford firefighters were working to put out a fire on the other side of the city.
Neighboring departments were called in to help.
"It was a challenge," Kruger said. "With the holidays, it makes it tough. We've had 51 people displaced by fires in the past week, which is really sad."
The cause of the fire is under investigation.