8 Injured In Early Morning Blaze
Dispatch Audio (16 Minutes)
Detroit: 11:58PM December 26 2017: Companies of the 8th & 5th Battalions battled a 3 story apartment building fire in bone-chilling, single digit temps @ 1631-1633 Glendale late Tuesday night.
Detroit Fire Companies On Scene:
Battalion Chief’s 8 & 5
Engines 39, 35, 40, 42 & Highland Park Engine 1.
Ladder Trucks 17 & 18.
Squads 4 & 5
Detroit EMS
The fire was reported in the basement in an occupied 3 story apartment flat on Glendale & Rosa Parks at 11:58 PM, Tuesday evening.
2 adults and 5 “teens” were conveyed to local hospitals by Detroit EMS. Reports indicate the adults jumped from windows to escape the flames/smoke.
A Detroit Firefighter also received burns to his neck and face, was conveyed to a local hospital and later released.
DPD/DFD Arson was also dispatched to the scene on reports of a possible arson. Arriving DFD companies noticed a “disturbance” and “fisticuffs” at the scene.
Residents were observed “upset” at 2 other residents.
Battalion Chief 8 reported “it seemed suspicious”.
The firefight lasted into the wee hours of Wednesday morning. The Red Cross also made the scene in support of the 30+ displaced residents.
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