Retirement Home Evacuated Due To Likely Kitchen Fire
ROCHESTER HILLS (WWJ) -- A fire broke out in one unit at the Walton Woods Retirement Community in Rochester Hills on Monday night.
The fire department received a call around 7:18 p.m. Monday evening about a fire at the facility on Walton Blvd. near Adams Rd.
Sgt. Dale Brown of the Oakland County Sheriff's Department said that one unit was damaged, possibly buy a kitchen fire. About a dozen other units had smoke and water damage.
The fire was on the second floor of the complex. Residents from about 12 other units were evacuated as a precautionary measure.
Brown said the official investigation is still ongoing and that there were no injuries reported.
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