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By Beacon Journal staff report
POSTED: 12:05 p.m. EDT, May 09, 2008
Police officers were forced to break into apartments to evacuate older residents as firefighters battled a blaze at the Nottingham Court apartments in Medina early this morning.
Dozens of firefighters and police officers responded to the fire that destroyed eight apartments units in a 20-unit building.
Firefighters, concerned the fire might spread, also evacuated residents from a nearby building in the Nottingham complex for older adults off Highland Road.
``Police officers did an awesome job,'' Medina Fire chief Bob Painter said. ``They were literally kicking in doors and waking people up who were still in bed.''
In some cases, police broke into apartments next to units that were on fire, the chief said.
Several residents suffered minor injuries and were taken to Medina General Hospital, where they were treated and released.
Firefighters received a call about midnight, said Medina police Detective Mark Kollar.
He was on the scene until about 1:15 a.m. '' It was still ablaze at that point,'' he said. >
''There were a lot of guys out there and they were calling for more help,'' Kollar said. ''It was pretty out of control.''
He said the location of the apartments — off a small road that dead ends into the complex — made battling the fire difficult.
''Firefighters actually went through a driveway and busted through a fence,'' he said.
Firefighters from the all-volunteer Medina Fire Department and nearby departments in Medina, Sharon, Brunswick Hills and York townships responded.
Officers from Medina city, Montville and Medina townships, the Medina County Sheriff's Department and the Ohio Highway Patrol also responded, Kollar said.
Painter said it will be difficult to determine the cause of the fire. ``There was just so much destruction,'' he said.
The fire began in one unit and burned into a common attic area of the single story building constructed in the 1950s. The lack of barriers in the attic area allowed the fire to quickly spread to other units.
Painter pegged damages at $750,000.
Police officers were forced to break into apartments to evacuate older residents as firefighters battled a blaze at the Nottingham Court apartments in Medina early this morning.
Dozens of firefighters and police officers responded to the fire that destroyed eight apartments units in a 20-unit building.
Firefighters, concerned the fire might spread, also evacuated residents from a nearby building in the Nottingham complex for older adults off Highland Road.
``Police officers did an awesome job,'' Medina Fire chief Bob Painter said. ``They were literally kicking in doors and waking people up who were still in bed.''
In some cases, police broke into apartments next to units that were on fire, the chief said.
Several residents suffered minor injuries and were taken to Medina General Hospital, where they were treated and released.
Firefighters received a call about midnight, said Medina police Detective Mark Kollar.
He was on the scene until about 1:15 a.m. '' It was still ablaze at that point,'' he said. >
''There were a lot of guys out there and they were calling for more help,'' Kollar said. ''It was pretty out of control.''
He said the location of the apartments — off a small road that dead ends into the complex — made battling the fire difficult.
''Firefighters actually went through a driveway and busted through a fence,'' he said.
Firefighters from the all-volunteer Medina Fire Department and nearby departments in Medina, Sharon, Brunswick Hills and York townships responded.
Officers from Medina city, Montville and Medina townships, the Medina County Sheriff's Department and the Ohio Highway Patrol also responded, Kollar said.
Painter said it will be difficult to determine the cause of the fire. ``There was just so much destruction,'' he said.
The fire began in one unit and burned into a common attic area of the single story building constructed in the 1950s. The lack of barriers in the attic area allowed the fire to quickly spread to other units.
Painter pegged damages at $750,000.
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