Maintenance Personnel at Apartment Complex Help Troy Firefighters

Maintenance personnel at the Somerset Park Apartment complex extinguished a fire that was probably caused by cooking on Friday afternoon, Troy Fire officials wrote in a press release.

There were no injuries, as residents of the apartment at 1920 Golfview Drive., located south of Big Beaver and west of Crooks had fled the scene and alerted their neighbors when the fire started around 3:20 p.m. Maintenance personnel were close by at the time and used portable fire extinguishers to stop the fire from spreading outside the kitchen.

Firefighters ensured the fire was completely out; removed the stove; checked for any fire extension; searched other apartments as a precaution; and ventilated smoke from the building.

There were no injuries to civilians or firefighters at this incident. No other apartments were affected by the fire except for some smoke infiltration. It is unknown where the affected occupant of the involved apartment will stay. Oftentimes, Somerset will find an available apartment within their complex until restoration is completed.