Tiki torch mishap sparks apartment building fire displacing 12, injuring 1

Tiki torch mishap sparks apartment building fire displacing 12, injuring 1
Updated 12:56 PM;
MONROE COUNTY, MI – Twelve renters were displaced from their apartments and one person was injured Monday morning after a lit Tiki torch fell over and started a fire, police said.
Police and fire crews were called at 12:39 a.m. May 3, to the Newport Woods Apartments on Canterberry Lane in Berlin Township for a reported apartment on fire, according to Michigan State Police.
Emergency crews arrived to find flames coming from the exterior of the building as officers evacuated residents from the 12-unit apartment building, police said.
Fire crews were able to extinguish the blaze but not before is caused major damage to three apartments and additional smoke and water damage to the remaining apartments in the building, police said.

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