Emergency personnel were dispatched at 10:23 p.m. to a fire in a third floor apartment in one of the buildings.
“When we arrived, it appeared to be some food on a stove that had caught fire,” Madison Township Assistant Fire Chief Nick Wilson said.
Wilson said the apartment’s fire suppression sprinkler system was activated, helping put out the fire, but leading to other problems for the residents.
“A lot of water comes with that and we have some water damage to the apartments below on the second and first floor,” Wilson said.
Residents from the apartment in which the fire originated, as well as residents of three other apartment units had to be relocated, with the American Red Cross being called to provide temporary housing.
Wilson said there were no injuries due to the fire.
Assisting the Madison Township Fire Department at the scene was the Adrian Fire Department and Madison Township police.
