Sprinkler system helped control fire at Indian Hills Apartments | Local News
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 ...