When firefighters arrived, they were met with heavy smoke emanating from the third floor.
Firefighters narrowed the fire search to one third floor apartment and subsequently extinguished the fire in minutes.
Residents in other apartments were safely evacuated while fire crews were extinguishing the fire. One resident was treated for non-life threatening injuries."We have a lot of false alarm and there’s a lady that lives a couple doors down. We call her Mommy, because she’s very old and can’t really see. I always go for her first," Robin explained.Police say they don’t suspect foul play.
"When they said the third floor, I freaked out, because I’m on the third floor. The apartment it happened in is actually down the hall and around the corner from me," Gail said.
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