RENSSELAER - A public housing unit on the 1400 block of First Street was destroyed by fire on Tuesday night, city police Detective Scott Earing said.

The unit, which was engulfed in flames, contained five apartments. All of the residents escaped without injury, Earing said.

The call for the fire came in around 10 p.m. The Rensselaer Fire Department had the blaze under control by 11 p.m.