MANHATTAN – Investigators are working to determine the cause of a Thursday morning fire at a construction site in Manhattan.

Just after 5 a.m., The Manhattan Fire Department was dispatched to the intersection of 8th and Moro Street and found a three-story apartment building under construction with fire showing from multiple floors, according to a media release.

The fire reached a second alarm before it was contained within approximately one hour.

The building was an approximately 8,000-square-foot, three-story apartment building under construction.

When finished, the building would contain 6 apartments with 17 bedrooms with an estimated value of more than $1 million.

The owner is listed as Fieldhouse Development Inc. and RF Benchmark Construction is the general contractor.

The Manhattan Fire Department, the Riley County Police Department, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and the Kansas Office of the State Fire Marshal (OSFM) will be conducting a joint fire investigation.