Flames broke out in the apartment in the 7300 block of Gumwood Lane just before 8 p.m. Friday.
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No one was hurt.
Abbes Mansour-Hafifi said he was inside visiting his sister and having dinner with his 9-year-old son when they smelled smoke coming from the bedroom.
He then went to check it out and discovered the dresser on fire.
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"We saw fire from the bottom drawer of that dresser," Mansour-Hafifi said. "And we tried to take it down, or stop the fire. We took the drawer to actually the bathroom to the tap. But we couldn't stop it, so I had to call 911 and left the apartment."
Fire investigators ruled it accidental.
Two units were left uninhabitable. The Red Cross is helping the family.