Fire Breaks Out At Brown Road Complex, Safely Extinguished

LAKEWOOD, OH — On Friday morning, Lakewood firefighters battled a structure fire on Brown Road. No one was injured during the blaze.

The fire happened at an apartment building on Brown Road at 10:30 a.m. on Friday. The blaze started inside an unoccupied third floor apartment.

Lakewood Police Chief Tim Dunphy told Patch the fire appears to have started because a heating unit was too close to combustible material and ignited.

The residents living on the second floor, beneath where the fire started, were safely evacuated. Dunphy said no one was hurt. The first floor of the complex was also unoccupied.

"The crews did an outstanding job in extinguishing the fire extremely fast. They were able to keep the fire in the area of origin with minimal exposure damage," Dunphy said.