MOUNTAIN VIEW -- An early morning three-hour fire Friday raced from a car port up the side of an apartment complex before firefighters and residents brought it under control.

The blaze was reported at 4:26 a.m. at 1335 Montecito Ave. and when firefighters arrived they discovered two empty extinguishers that someone had used in an attempt to slow the fire.

"By the time I got there, 2-3 fire extinguishers had already been used," said apartment manager Mike Kerr. "It looked like someone cut themselves on the glass trying to get to them."

However, the stubborn blaze had climbed into the wall of the two-story building and it took firefighters nearly two hours to bring in under control at 6:10 a.m.

The fire appeared to have started in a vehicle parked in a first-story carport and run up the structure's wall, according to Mountain View Fire Department spokesman Lynn Brown.

The apartments were evacuated and no injuries were reported, Brown said.