Mount Clemens apartment residents caught in fire have lost all
Mount Clemens A massive fire that ripped through a Mount Clemens apartment complex led to a frightening scene late Saturday as residents were rousted from their units in bitter cold and sought escape routes.
Multiple residents were taken to a hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, the Macomb County Sheriff s Office said in a tweet Sunday. The residents affected by the fire lost all of their belongings in the blaze, the apartment managers acknowleged in an email Sunday.
The fire at the Holiday Garden Apartments on North River Road was reported about 11:30 p.m. Saturday in one of the three-story apartment buildings. Residents reportedly were jumping from windows and balconies to safety because stairwells were filled with smoke, according to Joseph Cady, a resident who arrived home from work early Sunday as crews battlethe blaze
8 hospitalized, dozens displaced in massive Mount Clemens apartment complex fire
Thick smoke from fire could be seen miles away
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MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. – Some tenants at the River North Village Apartments in Mount Clemens jumped from their balconies to escape a massive fire with heavy smoke and flames that crews worked for hours to put out overnight Sunday, a witness told Local 4 News.
According to another witness, others jumped from a window to escape the fire at the apartment building on North River Road.
“Me and my roommate, we went by the door, and we were like holy sh t. There were people literally jumping out of a window,” a second bystander said.