Aurora apartment building deemed uninhabitable after fire
A six -storey apartments building on North Lake Street’s Bloc 800 in Aurora was uninhabitable as a result of a fire on Monday, according to a press release from the Aurora fire service.
Aurora’s chief of staff, Shannon Cameron, said on Wednesday only one of the two buildings of the apartments complex had been affected by the fire.
About 135 residents were affected on the basis of a list, the city was given by the building manager of the building, but Cameron noted that the list may not precisely reflect the number of people living in the building at the time of the fire.
The building property management company has provided accommodation in Yorkville to residents of the building, said Cameron, noting that residents of the first four floors of the building could return next week. The calendar can be longer for the fifth and sixth floors due to the damage caused by the smoke of the fire, officials said.
The fire took place around 3:47 p.m. Monday at the building of the building on the west side of Aurora, the statement said. The firefighters arriving at the scene found a heavy fire from a fifth floor unit and smoke spreading to the sixth floor.
Some residents already evacuated and others stayed in their apartments under the direction of the firefighters, noted the press release.
The teams who responded deployed pipelines using the building cut system and started research on affected floors, according to the press release. According to the press release, additional companies were responsible for making stairwells, rapid intervention and ventilation of the upper floors and stairwells.
A girl, 15, was treated to inhalation of smoke due to the fire and taken to the hospital, the statement said. Two cats were saved from the apartment where the fire occurred and received oxygen by the first stakeholders, officials said.
The fire was finally put under control 13 minutes after the initial call, but the building was deemed uninhabitable due to smoke, fire and water damage, according to the press release.
In total, 41 members of firefighters responded to the fire, and the crews stayed on the scene for several hours to help residents recover their personal effects and work with the Red Cross, victim services and real estate management to secure the building, according to the press release.
