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(WFIE) OWENSBORO, KY (WFIE) - Owensboro Fire officials are investigating what started the fire at Royal Arms that completely destroyed many apartments in Building B.  Officials say the fire started on the front side of the building, but they still don't know what sparked the fire. Six of the apartments were completely destroyed. All of the apartments in the building were damaged. No one was injured.  Fire officials say that could be because of the timing of the fire but also some neighbor's quick actions. Residents say the apartment manager was one of the first to spot the fire. She ran out the door to warn her residents. "She ran right across to where I live and said 'Sandra, the building is on fire. We need help,'" resident, Sandra said.  Sandra lived on the bottom floor of building B. She didn't worry about gathering her stuff. She ran out the door and warned her neighbors.  "We went door to door. Started knocking on doors, helping people down t...

December 31, 1994 | By LAURA UNGAR; Courant Staff Writer COVENTRY — Three-year-old Jared Brelsford's tiny black bicycle stood outside the charred, icicle- covered apartment building where he and his mother, Lisa, died late Thursday . The two were killed in a three-alarm blaze that left 11 adults and nine children homeless. The fire destroyed their apartment and heavily damaged two of the seven others in the 100-year-old former St. Mary's Church at 62 School St. The Brelsfords -- whose names were confirmed by neighbors and co-workers but not fire or police officials -- were the third and fourth victims of fatal fires in Connecticut this week. Brelsford, 27, lived with her son in an upstairs apartment at 62-D Church Hill Apartments , where the blaze is believed to have started about 10:30 p.m. State and local emergency officials have yet to determine the cause. Neighbors and co-workers who knew the Brelsfords remembered Jared as a friendly, rambunctious preschooler who liked ...

KIRKWOOD, N.Y. - Broome County fire officials say the apartment fire in Kirkwood was caused by improper use of candles. Broome County Fire investigators said one tenant was transported to Wilson for smoke inhalation and possibly minor burns . 10 fire departments were on scene to help as well as two ambulances. The fire started on the second floor, and then spread to the back before going up towards the roof. Fire officials said that it took several hours to contain and caused a significant amount of damage to the building.  Five Mile Point Chief Shawn Skinner said a call came in at 5:49 a.m. reporting heavy smoke coming out of the second floor unit in Anthos Apartment at Kirkwood on route 11. Skinner said firefighters evacuated 12 units after arriving to the scene. “By the time I got with 3 minutes from the time I got my shoes on, sweatshirt, phone and got out that backdoor.”   — Darrin Strong, Anthos Apartment Resident Strong is one of the 19 tenants unable to return hom...

Eunok Yu IMAGE GWINNETT POLICE LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. - A woman has been charged with setting a mattress on fire at a Duluth apartment complex that may have been part of a domestic dispute with her husband.  Gwinnett Fire officials said Eunok Yu, 38, admitted to setting the mattress on fire in a Bridgewater Apartment unit on Thursday morning. Officials said an intoxicated Yu was found lying on Satellite Boulevard near the complex with soot on her clothing and hands. Yu also has admitted setting the same bedding on fire about a month ago, though neither Gwinnett police or fire have any record of the incident. Yu's husband was not at home at the time of Thursday's fire. Yu has been charged with first-degree arson, and more charges may be filed in the future. Thursday's fire was contained to one unit. Officials believe the unit's smoke alarms may have been disabled. PHOTOS: Mug shots © 2017 WXIA-TV

MOUNT PLEASANT - A fire at a 20-unit apartment complex Saturday morning left nine families displaced and sent one man to the hospital. The fire started at about 5:30 a.m. in Indian Hills Apartments , 4824 Indian Hills Drive , said South Shore Fire Department Chief William Bouma. It's the same building where a large fire took place in 2003, but the damage was not as bad this time because of safety precautions, Bouma said. The fire Saturday morning entirely gutted the apartment where it started and there was smoke and water damage to some of the other apartments, he said. Nine of the 20 units were left uninhabitable , said Anne Tabbert, a public support coordinator with the Red Cross, which responded to the scene. Grace Church, 3626 Highway 31, Caledonia, was prepared in case a shelter was needed, but it wasn't, Tabbert said. People were able to find alternative temporary shelter , she said. The man in the apartment where it started was taken to the hospital, Bouma said. His ...

Sterling Heights fire officials continue to investigate a fire at an apartment complex that killed a 33-year-old woman and injured four other people late Wednesday at the Sterling Knolls Apartments . Laura Ann Phillips , who would have celebrated her 34th birthday Saturday , died in the blaze, officials said. Firefighters from Sterling Heights , Warren, Shelby Township and Utica responded to the fire at about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday at the apartment complex, located on 15 Mile Road, east of Dodge Park Road . Sterling Heights Fire Chief Chris Martin said flames at one eight- unit building quickly spread to an adjoining eight-unit building in the complex, triggering a second-alarm. Firefighters from Warren, Clinton Township and Shelby Township assisted Sterling Heights fire crews at the scene. Advertisement A resident of the complex had knocked on apartment doors to alert occupants. Firefighters rescued two tenants from apartments. One was treated at the scene and the oth...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) - Authorities say two children have been killed and several other people injured in an apartment fire in suburban Kansas City . KMBC -TV reports that the fire started early Tuesday at a complex in Overland Park. Fire officials say two men were hurt when they jumped out of a second-story window and that the children’s mother also was injured. Heat exhaustion also sent one firefighter to the hospital and another was treated at the scene. Fire officials are investigating the cause of the fire. The unit where the children were found dead didn ’t have a working smoke detector . The children’s names weren’t immediately released. ___ Information from: KMBC-TV, http://www.kmbc.com

UPDATE:  PINE BLUFF, Ark. - A 3-year-old has passed away following an apartment fire on July 21. According to Authorities, one woman  and three children were transported to Arkansas Children's Hospital, after being saved from a burning apartment early Friday morning .  Officials say that during their stay at the hospital, one the children, a 3-year-old, passed away on Sunday.  Both the woman, and one child has been released from the hospital; however,  an infant still remains hospitalized.  The fire began around 1 a.m. on July 21, fire crews responded to a fire at a two-story, brick frame apartment complex located at 2200 Woodgate, Building 24, Apartment B. Four fire companies responded to the scene, with about 12 firefighters in total. They found one adult and three children still inside the apartment as it was burning. A neighbor told KARK that some people jumped out of windows because flames blocked the stairwell.  A neighbor tells me some people jumped out windows b...

Michael Mercier / The Huntsville Times Smoke billows from the Coventry Apartments 177-184 building. A fire broke out in one of the apartments this morning, causing smoke damage in all of the units in that building. HUNTSVILLE, AL -- Several apartments were damaged this morning in a fire at Coventry Apartments at 1505  Sparkman Drive , according to officials on the scene. No one was injured in the fire, which officials on the scene say started in an apartment where someone left a curling iron plugged in. However, it appears at least eight apartment units will be affected by smoke damage, officials said. Firefighters were still working the scene at 9:30 a.m. Editor's note : This post has been corrected to reflect that Coventry Apartments is on Sparkman Drive .

By Eric Heinz A ruptured gas line caused an explosion inside a garage of a San Clemente home about 3 a.m. on Thursday morning , Aug. 24, on the 100 block of Avenida Dolores. Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) officials said there were no injuries in the explosion. A man and a woman who were living inside the home of the garage had only moments to escape out their back door, as the explosion caught the home on fire and blocked one of their exits.  [embedded content] The explosion of the single-story home’s garage was so massive that it spread debris all over the street, according to nearby residents. Almost nothing was left of the structure except the foundation and burt pieces of it. Because the gas line explosion took place behind the utility meter, SoCal Gas and OCFA had to shut it off by digging under the home’s driveway and manually stop it, said OCFA spokesperson Capt . Larry Kurtz. The gas line still burning as of 7:30 a.m., but it was reported shut off by 8 a.m., Kurtz said...

EDEN — One person is confirmed dead following an early morning fire at Arbor Ridge, an assisted-living community. The victim, whose name and gender have not been released, was removed from a badly-burned, upper-floor apartment at 2:30 p.m., 13 hours after the fire broke out. Rescue crews put the victim on a gurney and lowered it to the ground with an Eden Fire Department ladder truck . “Sadly, a resident passed away,” Arbor Ridge said in a statement released Monday afternoon . “The entire Arbor Ridge at Eden family is deeply saddened by the tragic loss of a cherished member of our community and our prayers are with the late resident’s family.” When the victim was pulled from the building, several friends and family members gathered in a circle across the street and prayed. Most of them left at the same time. Forty-six other residents and employees were accounted for following a blaze that ripped through the south end of the facility at 302 S. Kennedy St. at 1:39 a...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Bakersfield City Fire Department and Bakersfield Police Department are investigating the suspicious death of a woman found inside an apartment building .  Bakersfield fire received reports of a fire around 10:45 p.m. Thursday at an apartment complex located at 631 33rd Street, near Q Street, in North Bakersfield , BFD said. After the fire was extinguished, officials located a woman's body, according to BPD. The death of the woman is being investigated as suspicious, police said.   Three families were also displaced and Red Cross was called to assist them, according to officials.  The woman's identity has not been released yet.  If you have any information regarding the fire, you are encouraged to call BPD at (661) 327-7111 or 326-3513. 

NORTH BAY, CA – Missed today's headlines? Here are the Patch stories from Marin, Napa, Solano and Sonoma counties that people are talking about today: 'High-Risk' Sex Offender Moves To Rohnert Park: Public Safety Officials Dan Cilley, reportedly known as the "downtown predator" in LA, is currently staying at a Rohnert Park apartment , officials said. Rohnert Park Man Fatally Shot In Richmond: Police The Sonoma County resident was found deceased at about 2:30 a.m. Saturday, Richmond police said. Man Arrested For Alleged Hate Crime Battery In Novato Griffin Drago, 40, of Novato, was arrested Sunday on suspicion of committing a hate crime battery of a Hispanic man in Novato. Solano Co. Woman Arrested In Oregon 'Road Rage' Incident The 28-year-old Vallejo woman was allegedly found with an unloaded Glock 17 9mm handgun in the center console of her vehicle. Napa County Canyon Fire Nearly Contained Fifty-five fire personnel remained assigned to the fire...

FORT LAUDERDALE , Fla. - A BMW caught fire Tuesday night in a parking garage that is attached to a six- story apartment building in Fort Lauderdale , authorities said. Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue officials said firefighters and police evacuated the building as the fire began to spread. A photo taken at the scene shows the BMW engulfed in flames.  Firefighters were able to quickly extinguish the  fire, limiting the damage to the building. Authorities said all residents were able to go back into their homes after the fire was extinguished and no one was injured. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Copyright 2017 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.

STERLING HEIGHTS (WXYZ) - A 33-year-old woman was killed in an apartment building fire in Sterling Heights late Wednesday night . The City of Sterling Heights Fire Department has identified the victim as Laura Ann Phillips .  The fire reportedly started around 11 p.m. at Sterling Knolls Apartments near 15 Mile and Dodge Park, right next to St. Blase Church. Officials say another person was injured in the fire and taken to the hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation.  We're told two Sterling Heights firefighters were also treated for heat-related issues at the hospital.  The fire chief on the scene said the building was fully involved when his crew arrived. About 16 units were affected.  No word yet on what may have started the fire.

June 11, 2014 | By David Harris and Tiffany Walden, Orlando Sentinel The American Red Cross provided money and shelter to the dozens of people displaced from their homes after a fire Tuesday at River Reach Apartments . A lightning strike from Tuesday afternoon's severe weather sparked the fire on the roof of the apartment complex around 4:45 p.m., according to Orange County Fire Rescue spokesman John Mulhall . The fire burned through the roof, damaging 24 apartment units in the three-story building off Colonial Drive near State Road 408, officials said. No one was hurt in the fire. American Red Cross volunteers went out to the complex around 6:30 p.m. They visited with each family, asking whether they needed somewhere to stay for the night. Eight families are being housed at a hotel for a few days. The others are living with relatives or friends temporarily, Red Cross spokeswoman Erin Pagan said Wednesday. In the meantime, Red Cross is working with each family to find new home...

MUSCLE SHOALS — Firefighters were working this afternoon to bring a fire under control at Woodgate Apartments on Carr Avenue in Muscle Shoals, officials said. The apartments, which were the original Pickwick Village Apartments , are between Avalon Avenue and Second Street. The fire was reported just before 3 p.m. Emergency personnel on the scene said the fire was contained to one complex and no one was inside the apartments.

A Long Island research group is urging local governments to consider allowing more rental apartments in private homes, to help cash-strapped homeowners and provide more housing for renters. In a report released Saturday , the Long Island Index outlines the vast differences in the ways Long Island ’s towns, cities and villages deal with so- called accessory apartments , or small units within owner-occupied homes. Most Popular The approaches range from fairly accepting — as in the Town of Babylon, where homeowners can get permits to rent out apartments if they meet certain conditions — to strict, as in the Town of North Hempstead , where such units can only be occupied by the homeowner’s parent or child. Long Island has a patchwork of rules for accessory apartments , which vary so widely that many homeowners fear getting penalized, so they don’t even try to create apartments, even if they want to and might be allowed, said Nancy Rauch Douzinas , publisher of the Index. The Index is a...

DUNWOODY, GA -- A tree fell Wednesday just feet away from members of a metro Atlanta family after heavy rains soaked the area. The near-tragedy happened in Dunwoody and was shared with the public by the Dunwoody Police Department . The metro area has been getting soaked after a series of storm systems moved into the area earlier this week. (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts . Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app .) For the Dunwoody family , a huge tree fell on two of their vehicles, damaging their home as well. "The homeowner and his grandson were out in the driveway inspecting other trees this afternoon when another tree fell," Dunwoody PD said in a Facebook post. "We are very thankful they were not injured." Elsewhere in DeKalb, a tree fell upon an apartment building, causing significant damage . No one was inside the dwelling, fire officials said. Another tree was reported down at Lavista Road near Toco Hil...

LAKELAND, FL — A Tuesday night snafu with a sprinkler head at Lakeland’s Wilmington Apartments has forced seven people out of their homes. According to Polk County Fire Rescue , crews were called to an alarm in the 5500 block of Wilmington Circle around 5:30 p.m. Aug. 15. When they arrived, they found no flames or smoke coming from the three-story complex. Instead, officials say, “water from the sprinkler system was flowing” freely. Get the Lakeland Patch newsletter and alerts in your inbox. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app . Firefighters traced down the source of the problem, finding a sprinkler head that has been broken accidentally, an email from the agency said. Water to the building was shut off and a chute was created to “channel the water away from the apartments and to prevent further damage.” Like Lakeland Patch on Facebook and keep reading below: Lakeland Patch Despite their efforts, fire rescue said that four apartments were damaged by the water. Two...