Maureen O'Connor is overwhelmed after looking into her apartment window with her sister Kathi Olivier as they and other residents return for personal items at Centennial Place apartments in Old Orchard Beach. O'Connor was barefoot and clad in a nightgown when she fled the early-morning fire Thursday.

Sheran Wright is helped by Ood Orchard Beach police Officer William Watson after she was escorted to her apartment to get boots, bathrobe and a toothbrush as she and other residents return for personal items at Centennial Place apartments in Old Orchard Beach after an early-morning fire.

Ellen Schlehuber gets a hug from fellow resident Jeff Buotte as they and other residents return for personal items at Centennial Place apartments in Old Orchard Beach after an early-morning fire Thursday.

Residents, some still clad in slippers and nightwear, wait to enter their apartments to retrieve personal items at Centennial Place apartments in Old Orchard Beach after an early-morning fire Thursday.

Workers survey damage in a hallway at Centennial Place apartments in Old Orchard Beach on Thursday.

Two people were injured and 24 people were displaced by an early-morning fire at Centennial Place apartments on School Street in Old Orchard Beach on Thursday.