Apartment fire displaces nearly two dozen people, woman jumps from second-story window to escape

Eau Claire apartment fire displaces family

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WLAX/WEUX) - A fire broke out in an apartment on Richard Drive on the southwest side of Eau Claire. When crews arrived, they saw flames coming out of the 2nd floor of the apartment building. Crews were able to extinguish the fire before it spread to other rooms. Battalion Chief Brian Toonen says that while everyone got out of the apartment with no injuries, 1 family has been displaced. “Right now, I have two adults, one child a…

Apartment fire displaces nearly two dozen people, woman jumps from second-story window to escape

PETERSBURG, Va. Petersburg Fire Battalion Chief Chris Jones confirmed that six adults and 17 children were displaced after a Thursday morning fire damaged their apartment building.Chief Jones said fire crews arrived at the Petersburg East Apartments on Navajo Court just after 2:30 a.m. as heavy smoke poured from the windows.We made an aggressive attack on the fire to prevent any further fire spread. The remaining units checked all the apartments…