HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- Huntsville Fire crews returned to the scene of an apartment fire at Brittany Point Tuesday morning to prevent hot spots from flaring up.

The fire started before 2 p.m. Monday at the complex at Willowbrook Drive and Benton Street.

Several units in one of the buildings were on fire and smoke could be seen for several miles. Huntsville Fire had eight fire units on scene, including several rapid intervention teams.

HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- Huntsville Utility crews restored power to a large portion of Huntsville after a crash took out a power pole.

The outage was caused by a wreck on the Memorial Parkway access lanes near L&N Drive.

Police say just before 11:00 p.m. a minivan crashed into the power pole and snapped it in half.

The van then took out a tree before coming to a stop in a parking lot.

The driver has minor injuries. Huntsville Police are investigating.

The outages were restored early Tuesday morning.

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HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF)- Stephen Schneider, 31, doesn't look old enough to be a stroke survivor, but he is. Last year he had Army Reserve training and decided to run alongside a soldier he was helping to test.

"I noticed I couldn't talk. My speech was real slurred," he said. "And then the next thing I knew I was on the bleachers. My ACU jacket was off. My boots were off."

His face was drooping on one side, and he couldn't move the left side of his body.

Schneider was soon on his way to the hospital.

Patients who have had a stroke are taken to the trauma room at Huntsville Hospital.

Dr. Amit Arora is a neurologist who specializes in strokes.

"Time is brain. The faster we can get treatment, the more brain we can salvage," he said.

That message is extremely important when trying to fight the after effects of a stroke.