BOARDMAN $75K fire damages apartment units, displaces families

Staff report

BOARDMAN

A Thursday morning fire at the Glenwood Manor Apartment building caused an estimated $75,000 loss and displaced 12 families.

Township firefighters responded about 7 a.m. to smoke coming from the ventilation system of the building, fire Chief Mark Pitzer said. The fire is believed to have started in a second-floor utility room and spread to the third floor.

All occupants were evacuated from the building with only one woman treated on the scene for smoke inhalation. Officials closed a portion of Glenwood Avenue between Overhill Road and West Midlothian Boulevard for a time.

The cause is under investigation.