3-alarm fire damages Rochester Hills self-storage building

By Louis Aguilar, MediaNews Group

A 3-alarm fireplace destroyed a storage constructing in Rochester Hills close to John R. and Avon Street, officers stated.

The fireplace began round 9 p.m. Tuesday and was extinguished round 3 a.m. Wednesday, stated Ann Echols, assistant chief of the Rochester Hills Hearth Division and town’s fireplace chief.

Nobody was injured. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Workplace is investigating what brought on the flames.

However the constructing’s roughly 80 storage models had been affected by the fireplace, Echols stated Wednesday morning. The fireplace was restricted to one of many twelve buildings on the positioning.

The fireplace was tough for crews to achieve, requiring a number of departments to reply, Echols stated. “The constructing was retaining a number of warmth, so we could not conduct an inside assault as typically as we needed.”

An excavator was additionally used to open a part of the roof to entry some indoor models.

“At its peak, there have been 55 folks on web site energetic from our division, in addition to seven mutual assist departments,” Echols stated.

The ability, Sto-Away Storage, was closed Wednesday and officers couldn’t be reached Wednesday morning.

The corporate reported the fireplace on its web site.

“Our grounds and headquarters are closed to the general public till we’re cleared to enter for security causes. We’re working diligently with investigative groups and our insurance coverage firm to make sure we will present solutions and subsequent steps to anybody affected,” officers wrote. “As soon as we now have a full report, we’ll present an replace right here and get in touch with affected tenants.”