Multiple residents were displaced by a fire on a second-floor apartment in Parma early Saturday morning, and one resident was treated at a nearby hospital for smoke inhalation.
PARMA, Ohio — Residents in over a dozen apartment units were displaced by a fire on a second-floor apartment in Parma early Saturday morning, and one resident was treated at a nearby hospital for smoke inhalation.
Police personnel were unable to enter the building to rescue occupants due to intense heat and smoke conditions, officials said. Fire crews began an “aggressive interior attack” while coordinating rescue efforts. Parma fire officials told News 5 residents in 16 units were displaced by the fire. The American Red Cross is providing them with comfort, assistance and shelter, the news release states.Later in the morning, apartment maintenance began boarding up the windows in the second floor apartment where the fire broke out.
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