No one injured in Fox Ridge Apartments fire | Local News

No one was injured when a fire started on a stove when a tenant wasn't home at Fox Ridge Apartments, 952 State Ave., Blair, at about 3:30 p.m. today.

According to Fire Chief Kent Nicholson, a neighbor called 911 to report the fire. A smoke detector was sounding in the tenant's unit. The building was evacuated.

Nicholson said he does not believe there is fire or smoke damage in the unit.

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