Apartment fire sends 1 to the hospital as a precaution

HUBER HEIGHTS — UPDATE @ 1:46 a.m.:

Fire crews in Huber Heights extinguished a fire that originated near a kitchen inside of a ground-level apartment on Bufort Blvd. early Sunday morning.

Crews were dispatched to the 4500 block of Bufort Blvd. around 12:20 a.m. after patrol officers noticed smoke coming from one of the units.

While attacking the fire, responders found a resident inside the apartment. They were transported to a local hospital as a precaution, according the Huber Heights Fire Division Battalion Chief Michael Muhl.

The official cause of the fire is under investigation.

INITIAL REPORT:

Firefighters are responding to a fire in an apartment complex on the 4500 block of Bufort Blvd. in Huber Heights.

Initial scanner traffic reports that crews are fighting a working kitchen fire in a first floor apartment.

News Center 7 is working to learn more.

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