Oak Creek apartment fire, roofing contractors injured
Fire at Lake Forest Apartments, Oak Creek
OAK CREEK, Wis. - An Oak Creek apartment building fire injured two roofing contractors on Friday morning, April 18.
What we know:
It happened at Lake Forest Apartments, on Chicago Road just north of Puetz Road, around 10:30 a.m.
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Smoke was visible as firefighters arrived, and the fire was upgraded to a second alarm. The Oak Creek Fire Department said the fire was extinguished within 10 minutes.
Two roofing contractors were taken to a hospital with minor injuries, the fire chief said. No firefighters were hurt.
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The Source: Information in this report is from the Oak Creek Fire Department.