Residents at a senior community in South Lyon have been displaced after a fire ripped through the multi-unit condo building around midnight. According to the South Lyon Fire Chief Robert Vogel, firefighters responded to a report of smoke in a unit at the building. On arrival, firefighters found heavy smoke coming from one unit of […]
South Lyon Fire Chief: Reading tablet probably ignited couch, destroyed condo unit (MI)
A tablet used for reading the Bible probably started a condo blaze that left three residents seeking hospital care early Wednesday morning, according to South Lyon firefighters. The tablet was re-charging on a basement couch and probably heated and ignited the couch’s fabric, Chief Robert Vogel said. Read the article…………………………..
Residents evacuated after fire rips through balcony of Langford condo unit (BC)
A witness who saw the beginning of the fire and called 911, said she and a colleague heard loud scraping noises before flames suddenly erupted from the apartment building. She speculated the cause to be a combusted barbecue. Read the article………………………
Three-alarm fire breaks out in Denver condo complex (CO)
Firefighters in Denver on Wednesday afternoon responded to a three-alarm fire at an apartment complex where flames were rising out of the roof and smoke billowed into the sky. Read the article……………………………
One person sent to hospital, $500,000 damage after fire at St. Catharines condo building (ON)
The Fire Marshal will investigate a St. Catharines fire that sent one person to hospital and caused half a million dollars in damage. The fire broke out Sunday night at 9:30 at 5 Wembly Drive, a low-rise, three-storey condominium. Read the article………………………………
Heroic firefight spares Santa Rosa’s Oakmont retirement community from devastation (CA)
It had all the elements of an impending disaster. Wind-whipped flames bearing down from the east were joined by blazes in Annadel-Trione State Park to the southwest and fires burning on Melita Road to the north. Together, the fire and the smoke and the chaos threatened to hem in the nearly 5,000 residents of the […]
One person seriously injured in fire at Windsor Green condo complex (SC)
Crews are responding to reports of a structure fire in the Carolina Forest area Friday afternoon. Firefighters were called to the 4900 block of Windor Green Way around 12:45 p.m., according to Horry County Fire Rescue spokesperson Tony Casey. Read the article……………………………….
1 found dead after South Austin condo fire, officials say (TX)
A woman was found dead inside of a South Austin condominium Monday morning after a fire, Austin fire officials said. Firefighters responded around 8:12 a.m. to 1304 Mariposa Drive, just west of Interstate 35, after receiving calls from neighbors who reported smoke coming from a two-story condo building, said Austin Fire Battalion Chief David Brietzke. […]
Improper disposal of smoking material sets Merrifield condo alight (VA)
Units arrived to find fire showing from a third-floor deck of a four-story condominium building. Crews quickly extinguished the fire and contained it to the condo’s exterior. No civilian or firefighter injuries were reported, officials said. Read the article…………………………….
How 3 Glendale Heights officers saved 6-year-old, evacuated building during condo fire (IL)
The sound of an explosion. Windows shattering. And moments later, thick, black smoke billowing out of a condominium building. Other than those split-second observations, Glendale Heights police officers Bradley Lautner, Grzegorz Kapusciak and Robin Lambert had no context of the situation at hand or the dangers ahead as they ran into the Waters Edge condo […]
At least 1 injured in fire at Valley Glen condominiums in Maple Shade, New Jersey
The fire quickly spread to two alarms and a wall collapsed. The roof and a good portion of the second floor of the building is now is gone, with just the outer shell left. Read the article………………………………Officials said one person was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation.
Firefighters douse blaze in Bank Street condo building (ON)
Both southbound lanes of Bank Street were closed Tuesday evening after a fire broke out in a six-storey condo building across the street from Lansdowne Park. Ottawa Fire Service responded to a 911 call at 7:49 p.m. after a passerby noticed smoke and flames pouring from a third-storey unit on the north side of the […]
6 injured in high-rise fire in Loop (IL)
At least six people were injured, two of them critically, in a high-rise fire in the Loop. Officials say the fire broke out just before 1 a.m. Tuesday on the 32nd floor of a building at 400 East Randolph. Read the article……………………………
Firefighters rescue multiple people after fire in Springfield apartment building (OH)
A family who escaped from the Olympic Street condominium fire in Springfield is thankful for the firefighters, who rescued them by ladder and the family dog, who alerted them to the fire in a neighboring condo. Read the article………………………………
Fire crews respond to condo fire in Bozeman (MT)
Firefighters responded to a fire at a condominium unit at the corner of Baxter Creek Way and Laurel Parkway on Monday morning. Read the article…………………………………
Fire crews battle large fire at Hidden Lagoon Condominium (OH)
Fire crews are at the scene of a large fire at the Hidden Lagoon Condominiums in Green Township. A witness tells WLWT she saw the fire when she was driving near the complex around 7:40 p.m. Saturday. Read the article……………………………….
4 Taken To Hospital After Fire At Norman Condominium (OK)
Norman firefighters are investigating the cause of an overnight fire at the Quorum Condominiums. Firefighters responded to the scene near 24th Avenue SW and West Lindsey Street just after 1 a.m. Fire crews said residents in several units were forced to evacuate. Read the article………………………………….
Several families displaced after overnight fire at DeKalb condo building (GA)
The American Red Cross of Georgia is helping several families who were displaced from an overnight fire at a DeKalb County condo building. The non-profit said its volunteers were assisting 10 families – a total of 17 people – who live at the Georgetown of Atlanta Condominiums on Colonial Way in DeKalb County. Read the […]
Dozens of residents evacuated from Fairfield apartment fire (OH)
Dozens of people are displaced by a Fairfield apartment fire early Tuesday, according to Butler County dispatchers. Police arrived prior to fire crews and evacuated several residents from the first and second floor, dispatchers say. Firefighters evacuated the third floor. Read the article……………………………..
Fire in Glendale Heights condo complex leaves 2 dead, 1 injured (IL)
Residents were stunned to see flames shooting out of the building; one resident was awakened by his frightened children. “I’m all the way across the pond and it felt like the fire was in my face,” Darius Jones said. “I heard a boom, so I was thinking it was something inside the house that was […]
Walnut Creek resident suffers significant burns in condominium fire (CA)
A resident was hospitalized with significant burn injuries after being rescued from a second floor balcony during a three-alarm fire Sunday morning at a condominium complex in Walnut Creek, the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District said. Read the article………………………….
Authorities investigating series of fires at Vinings condominiums (GA)
Cobb County authorities are investigating a string of fires that were intentionally set inside a Vinings condominium complex this week, officials said Friday. The three fires, which have all been ruled arson, were set at the Vinings Central Condominums Read the article…………………………….
Firefighters respond to Westlake condo fire (OH)
A fire broke out at a Westlake residential building Sunday morning, firefighters confirm, and it is now contained. Read the article……………………………….
About 30 People Displaced After Condominiums Catch Fire In Aurora (CO)
Aurora Fire Rescue says about 30 people are now displaced after a fire tore through a condominium complex. Firefighters responded to the Red Sky Condos near Sable Boulevard and Dearborn Way Saturday morning. Read the article……………………………
Woman dead, others injured after condo fire at Grove Isle in south Indian River County (FL)
A woman died and two people went to hospitals with injuries in a condo fire at Grove Isle off U.S. 1, a fire official said. After the condominium caught fire, five other condos were damaged by smoke, but Indian River County Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Roger Dion said the cause of the fire remains under […]
Surf City condo fire displaces approximately 30 people overnight (NC)
Roughly 30 people have been displaced after a structure fire at the Surf Condos in Surf City ignited late Monday night as Hurricane Isaias ripped through the region, Pender County did not open any emergency shelters ahead of the storm. Read the article…………………………….
HVAC units catch fire on top of condo building in Norfolk
Firefighters have put out a fire that broke out on the roof of a Norfolk condominium building on Thursday. Read the article……………………………
Richmond residents evacuated after ‘electrical fire’ at condo complex (BC)
Fire crews were on the scene of a suspected electrical fire at condo complex on No. 1 Road near Francis Road late Tuesday afternoon. Read the article……………………………….
Flames damage 6 condos at Oceanside complex; fire crews save cat (CA)
A battalion chief said the fire at Vista Way Village was initially thought to be under control within about 30 minutes, but hot spots flared up for the next few hours Read the article……………………………
Massive fire destroys top floors of Langley condo complex (BC)
A massive fire destroyed the top two floors of a Langley condo complex Friday afternoon. The fire broke out at Madison Place on 56th Avenue just before 6 p.m., and rush hour commuters reported a thick cloud of black smoke visible from the highway. Read the article……………………….
Denver developer sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for condo arson (CO)
A Denver developer was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in federal prison for arson, torching condominiums on Grove Street. Michael Marte, 55 also was ordered to pay about $2.9 million restitution to the arson victims, according to a news release from the U.S. attorney’s office in Colorado. Marte also will serve three years of supervised […]
Woman dies after fire breaks out at condo on Indy’s west side; boy in critical condition (IN)
There were four condo units in the building, and a woman and a boy were trapped on the second floor of one of the units. IFD crews rescued them from the burning building, and medics transported both of them to local hospitals in critical condition. Read the article…………………………….
Johnson City Fire Department: All occupants out safely after condo fire in Woodstone subdivision (TN)
Johnson City firefighters are working a condo fire in the Woodstone subdivision. Hill said two condo units were heavily damaged in the fire. He told News Channel 11 that four people were in one unit and a man in the other. Read the article…………………………..
Fire Damages Seniors Condo Units In Bristol (PA)
A fire Thursday morning damaged condominium units at a senior community in Bristol Township. Firefighters were dispatched at 9:40 a.m. to Hearthstone Condominiums, a 55-and-older community on Moore Street in Bristol. There, they discovered a fire on the third floor that, according to Fire Marshal Kevin Dippolito, involved a washing machine. Read the article………………………..
Investigators say an outdoor grill started a fire damaging 12 condos at Lake of the Ozarks (MO)
Investigators say a fire on an outdoor grill started a large fire at a Lake of the Ozarks condo complex damaging 12 units Tuesday night. The fire started around 6:45 p.m. at the Emerald Bay Condominiums located at the 14 mile marker of the lake. Only two of the units were occupied at the time. […]
Coral Springs Police officers carry woman downstairs after condo building catches fire (FL)
Coral Springs Police officers ran inside a burning apartment to rescue a woman who could not make it out on her own. Body camera video shows officers carrying a woman down at least nine flights of stairs after her condo building, along the 3500 block of Broken Woods Drive, caught fire at around 7:45 p.m. […]
Woman rushes to help when Northville condos struck by lightning, catch fire (MI)
“I can tell you, I heard a big bang around 12 something, like lightning or something that hit someplace,” said Katherine Lawrence. That’s the lightning strike Katherine Lawrence is talking about ‘Mother Nature’ put on a show late Friday night, in a Northville neighborhood and it was all caught on security camera nearby Read the […]
Fire damages condo in northwest Reno (NV)
Reno Fire Fighters extinguished a fire that badly damaged a condo in northwest Reno. Read the article………………………………..
Fire damages condo in Branson (MO)
Firefighters battled a condominium fire early Sunday morning in the Pointe Royale area. According to a statement from Branson Professional Firefighters Local 152, there were no injuries, and all occupants were out of the building when firefighters arrived on scene shortly after 3:30 a.m. Read the article………………………………..
Fire destroys five-unit condo building in Antigonish (NS)
Pete Norman spent Friday morning watering down his house with a garden hose so that it wouldn’t burn too. “We couldn’t open the front door because the heat was so strong,” said the Antigonish resident. “By four a.m. it was just a ball of fire.” Norman lives across Hawthorne Street from a five-unit condo building […]
Fire marshal determines massive condo fire started around gas grill on balcony (MO)
Firefighters determined a massive fire at the Emerald Bay Condominiums in Lake Ozark was caused by a fire on a gas barbeque grill. Read the article…………………………..
Westport condo destroyed during Tuesday morning inferno (WI)
The Waunakee Fire Department responded to a residential fire at 5323 Westport Road Tuesday morning, shortly before 8 a.m. No injuries to residents or emergency responders were reported. “We believe the cause of the fire was careless use of smoking materials,” said Waunakee Fire Chief Dave Kopp. “Now you’ve got probably 20 residents that will […]
Sprinkler system knocks down fire at Orleans condo complex (MA)
A sprinkler system doused a stove fire in a multi unit condo complex in Orleans Wednesday afternoon. The fire started on the second floor of the three story structure Read the article……………………………
1 injured in Pacific Beach condo fire (CA)
Firefighters Monday night rescued one person from a fire that broke out inside a condominium building in Pacific Beach. Firefighters contained the flames to the eighth floor. Investigators are looking into what sparked the blaze. Read the article…………………………….
Fire damages three-storey condo building in Gatineau (QC)
Gatineau firefighters have a major blaze in condo building under control. The fire was at 164 rue de Morency. Gatineau Police said the time of the call was around 9:45 a.m. Saturday. Thick, black smoke and flames could be seen shooting from the roof of the 16-unit building. Read the article………………………….
At least 35 displaced after condo fire (AR)
The Lake Hamilton Fire Department responded after a fire reportedly erupted in one of the condos and quickly spread to multiple other condos, according to witnesses at the scene later in the morning. Josh Egbert, regional communications manager for the American Red Cross in Arkansas, said the Red Cross did respond to the fire and […]
Major fire in a high rise condo in Southwest (DC)
McKenzie reports: “Major fire in a high rise condo in Southwest. Cause of the fire currently unknown. Inside the north building of the Carrolsburg Condominium Complex. M & 4th SW. Is closed” Read the article……………………………..
Firefighters battle Liberty Grove blaze (WI)
Investigators were at the scene of a Liberty Grove condominium Sunday morning after a fire damaged one of the unit’s deck and roof. Crews from several Door County fire departments including Sister Bay-Liberty Grove responded to the Liberty Park Waterfront Condominiums just north of downtown Sister Bay after 9 p.m. Saturday. What was originally a […]
No residents injured in South Nashville condo fire (TN)
Nashville fire crews say no residents were injured when a two-alarm blaze broke out at a South Nashville condo complex. One firefighter had to be taken to an area hospital for evaluation. Read the article…………………………….
Gulfpoint prepares for rebuild after massive fire (TX)
Gulfpoint Condominiums will rebuild its “B” building after a massive fire engulfed the 27-unit property this past Saturday. The rebuild will take anywhere from 24 to 30 months, according to Carlos Chacon, owner of Chacon Realty, the entity who manages Gulfpoint Condominiums, said. Read the article…………………………….