Mount Clemens apartment fire leaves residents displaced
Advertisement
MOUNT CLEMENS At least eight residents of a Mount Clemens apartment complex were taken to the hospital as the result of a single-building fire.
Around 11:30 p.m. Feb. 13, first responders were dispatched to an apartment building on the north side of North River Road, east of Gratiot Avenue.
Mount Clemens Fire Capt. Richard DeCaussin said the fire was at a three-story Sunset Manor apartment building in Mount Clemens.
When asked if a cause has been identified, DeCaussin said at press time that it remained under investigation.
“They’re having a hard time because the building is compromised and the roof caved in,” he said last week. “There’s some floors caved in, some are sagging and some are burnt through.”
Tenants jump to escape massive Mount Clemens apartment fire
8 residents hospitalized following Sunday fire
Tags:
The noise of it all was so loud, it got the attention of several neighbors.
“I happened to get up and I looked through my blinds and saw this excessive white smoke,” said neighbor Anthony Messina, who was watching a movie at the time.
Messina also said he saw people jumping out of a window to escape from the fire.
Read:
Ad
“I opened up the front door and there was smoke everywhere,” Warren Tucker said. “The best way I can put it is that we lost everything. We had two babies, two cats. I don’t know if they made it out. I couldn’t get to them. My wife is still in the hospital, they plan on keeping her.”
Mount Clemens apartment residents caught in fire have lost all
Mount Clemens A massive fire that ripped through a Mount Clemens apartment complex led to a frightening scene late Saturday as residents were rousted from their units in bitter cold and sought escape routes.
Multiple residents were taken to a hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, the Macomb County Sheriff s Office said in a tweet Sunday. The residents affected by the fire lost all of their belongings in the blaze, the apartment managers acknowleged in an email Sunday.
The fire at the Holiday Garden Apartments on North River Road was reported about 11:30 p.m. Saturday in one of the three-story apartment buildings. Residents reportedly were jumping from windows and balconies to safety because stairwells were filled with smoke, according to Joseph Cady, a resident who arrived home from work early Sunday as crews battlethe blaze
8 hospitalized, dozens displaced in massive Mount Clemens apartment complex fire
Thick smoke from fire could be seen miles away
Updated:
Tags:
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. – Some tenants at the River North Village Apartments in Mount Clemens jumped from their balconies to escape a massive fire with heavy smoke and flames that crews worked for hours to put out overnight Sunday, a witness told Local 4 News.
According to another witness, others jumped from a window to escape the fire at the apartment building on North River Road.
“Me and my roommate, we went by the door, and we were like holy sh t. There were people literally jumping out of a window,” a second bystander said.
Reply
Michael Snay (Macomb County Sheriff s Office)
MACOMB TWP., MI A Macomb Area Computer Enforcement (MACE) investigation led to the arrest of a Macomb County man who officials have since charged with two felonies, county authorities said Wednesday.
Michael Snay, 42, of Macomb Township, was arraigned Wednesday in 41-A District Court in Shelby Township on one count of aggravated possession of child sexually abusive material and using a computer to commit a crime, the Macomb County Sheriff s Office said.
Snay s bail was set at $10,000, officials said. He is scheduled to return to court on Feb. 23 for a probable cause conference.
Subscribe