Firefighters responding to a report of a motor vehicle fire at 23 Bennett Street around 3:15 p.m. found heavy smoke and flames coming from a car parked in the driveway between two three-story apartment buildings, according to Fire Chief Peter O’Connor.

Car fire spreads to apartments in Beverly, displacing residents and causing property damage, but no injuries reported. Firefighters from multiple towns respond.

Helpless residents watched in disbelief as a car fire spread to two apartment buildings in Beverly, Massachusetts, Monday afternoon.