Fire damages apartment building in South Milwaukee, cause under investigation

SOUTH MILWAUKEE -- The South Milwaukee Fire Department responded to the scene of an apartment complex on Bay Heights Road overnight for a report of smoke in one of the units. The call came in around midnight.

When crews arrived on scene they encountered a fire burning behind the siding and inside the wall cavity on the rear of the building.

The fire was extinguished and the area overhauled.

No additional details have been released -- including the cause of the fire or the amount of damage sustained.

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