7-story apartment building evacuated for fire
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio (WJW) — A Kerwin Road apartment building was evacuated for a fire on Wednesday morning.
Firefighters responded to a fire alarm just before 8 a.m. at 2200 Kerwin Road, according to a news release. A “large body of smoke” was reported to be coming from the rear of the 7-story building.
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Firefighters arrived to find flames coming from an apartment’s windows. Crews determined the fire to be in one corner of the building and ran a hose up to the doorway of a balcony, according to the release.
That one hose brought the fire under control within minutes, according to the release.
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As smoke filled “most floors” on the side where the fire broke out, other fire departments helped evacuate the building. Residents were later cleared to go back to their apartments.
The unit where the fire occurred was unoccupied at the time, according to the release. No injuries were reported.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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