Early this morning, a fire erupted in a Mt. Airy apartment complex, leaving one resident and a Cincinnati firefighter hospitalized. The firefighter suffered a minor injury after rescuing pets from the blaze, including a dog bite. At the same time, the condition of the resident has been described as stable after they reportedly jumped from a window with a leg injury, according to reports from FOX19 and Local12.
The fire, reported just before 5 a.m. in the 5800 block of Shadymist Lane, saw flames shooting from the basement of the three-story building. By the time the firefighters had made it to the scene, all of the building's residents had already evacuated, but not without the incident, which left four displaced and needing assistance, as detailed in an account obtained by WLWT.
Responding Cincinnati fire crews managed to extinguish the fire swiftly, in approximately 20 minutes. However, the aftermath of the incident led to an intervention by the American Red Cross to assist those displaced and an animal control agency for the pets involved, in line with information provided by FOX19.
The situation was exacerbated by the unfortunate fact that the fire's cause was linked to food left unattended on a stove, a seemingly small oversight that brought about an estimated $60,000 in damages, adds WLWT,
