Apartment fire displaces at least 5 people

DAYTON — UPDATE @ 4:39 p.m.:
At least five people are without a home Wednesday after flames damaged an apartment building on North Findlay Street, according to investigators.

Firefighters are working to determine a cause of the fire and they are still looking for a cat that is unaccounted for, firefighters said.

At least three units in the apartment building were damaged by fire or water, according to firefighters.

Some residents were home at the time the fire started and were alerted to the fire by a working smoke detector.

INITIAL REPORT:

Firefighters have responded to a fire at an apartment on North Findlay Street this afternoon.

The fire was reported in the first block of North Findlay around 3:15 p.m.

We’re working to learn more.