Firefighters cut a hole into the east side of a apartment complex Thursday morning in Weston. Visit www.sent-trib.com to watch a video.
J.D. Pooley | Sentinel-Tribune
WESTON – An apartment fire in the village has displaced families, but no injuries were reported.
The Weston Township Fire Department was called to the Broad Oak Apartments on Oak Street at 8 a.m. Thursday.
Upon arrival, firefighters found flames coming from the first and second stories and the roof, said Justin Selders, fire chief.
Mutual aid was requested from seven area departments.
“The fire was contained to the east side of the building. The firewall did its job,” Selders said.
The west side of the apartment complex was saved but may have smoke and water damage.
“For the most part, that’s still intact,” Selders said.
The state fire marshal was on scene conducting an investigation into the cause of the fire.
Selders said he lives a half mile away and when he walked out his door, he could see the smoke and flames. That is when he called mutual aid for a ladder truck.
The Bowling Green Fire Division responded.
“They got a quick stop on the fire,” said Bill Moorman, Bowling Green fire chief.
His department’s ladder truck is essential for fires such as this, he said.
Most of the fire was on the second floor, making it difficult to get crews inside, Moorman said.
Firefighters tanked water through the apartment windows and eaves, and holes were cut into the roof to gain access into the attic, he said.
The Red Cross transported displaced residents to the Weston Public Library.
Otsego Local Schools Superintendent Kevin O’Shea said the district sent a bus to the library to take people the high school for food and shelter, for as long as they need while they worked with the Red Cross.
(Sentinel-Tribune multi-media journalist J.D. Pooley did the interviews for this story.)
