Fire victims ready to move back home

CANFIELD — Carried out of her third-floor apartment after the unit below hers caught fire nearly two months ago, Villager Apartments resident Audrey Kissack says she’s ready to move back in.

Kissack, 82, is staying with her daughter Barbara Delligatti in Ona, W.Va., while she waits for the OK to resume life as a resident of the complex. She also spent time at the home of her daughter Laura Whitman in Alliance.

“I’m very anxious to get back,” she said. “I’ve lived alone for so long that I’m not used to this. It’s lovely to spend time with my children, though.”

The fire, which broke out July 28 while a tenant was cooking in his second-floor apartment, was contained to one unit but caused more than $900,000 in smoke damage throughout much of the 56-unit complex on Fairgrounds Boulevard.

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