Morristown firefighters extinguish apartment blaze on DeKalb

CLEAN MACHINE: Fire trucks will be on display at April 15 open house of the Morristown Fire Department. Photo by Berit Ollestad
The Morristown Fire Department. Photo by Berit Ollestad
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Firefighters extinguished a basement fire in a garden apartment complex behind Morristown Medical Center on Wednesday.

CLEAN MACHINE: Fire trucks will be on display at April 15 open house of the Morristown Fire Department. Photo by Berit Ollestad
Morristown firefighters extinguished a basement fire on DeKalb Place. File photo by Berit Ollestad

The fire on DeKalb Place, reported at around 12:45 pm, was contained within about 20 minutes, said Morristown Fire Chief Robert Flanagan.

The apartment and an adjacent apartment sustained smoke and water damage, the Chief said.  Nobody was in the residence when firefighters arrived.

What caused the fire remains under investigation, Chief Flanagan said.

The Madison Fire Department’s Rapid Intervention Crew also responded to the scene.

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