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By: Aaron Payne Posted on: Sunday, February 26, 2017 < < Back to Update 2:45 p.m. An Ohio State Fire Marshal spokesperson said she erred in reporting natural gas as a contributing factor in the Carriage Hill fire . The fire at Building 12 was due to electrical wires in the building. The fire source was reportedly located in apartment 1213, an Athens Fire Department report stated . Arson is not suspected in the case. Update 2/28/17 @ 12 p.m. The Ohio State Fire Marshal is still investigating the origin of the Carriage Hill Apartment fire , but has linked a natural gas leak in Building 12 to the fire, according to spokesperson Kelly Stincer . Update 2/27/17 @ 6:16 p.m.  The report from the Athens Fire Department estimates damage from the fire at the Carriage Hill Apartments to be more than $2 million. According to the report, the department estimates structural damage to be $1.2 million and damage to the contents of the building at $1 million. Meanwhile, the American ...

GRAYSON COUNTY , Texas -- Flash flooding overwhelmed Grayson County over the weekend. Parts of Sherman received more than 9 inches of precipitation in a month that -- on average -- delivers around 2 inches of rain. Motorists found debris on the streets and some roads were blocked by high water.  Homes suffered flood damage as Post Oak Creek quickly rose by four feet. The hardest-hit residences were along Washington Street, Regency Circle, and Contemporary Drive. At least 19 families were evacuated, and the American Red Cross is offering assistance. Rosa Baeza can no longer call her house "home." "We had to stay in a motel yesterday," she said. "We thought we can get an electrician to get the power back on, but it is not that easy." Baeza and her husband live on Contemporary Street along with many other residents who also suffered significant damage from the flooding. "If they didn't have owners' insurance, ... the Red Cross will help the...

ANTIOCH, Tenn. - A child has died in an early- morning apartment fire in Antioch. Three others were injured in the blaze.  The incident was reported before 4 a.m. Monday inside building 9 at the Stone Ridge Apartments on Piccadilly Row. Damage is extensive at Stone Ridge Apartments from a deadly fire. pic.twitter.com/vI199WE91X — Blayke Roznowski (@NC5_Blayke) August 7, 2017 Officials said 3-year-old Elizabeth Dessie died in the fire.  Her father, 33-year-old Endalamaw Dessie Tesfaye suffered burns over 80 percent of his body. Her mother, 32-year-old Ehitayehu Dessie and her 5-year-old brother were in stable condition in the hospital. The blaze was isolated to only one building. Red Cross workers were called in to assist 22 displaced residents .  The cause of the fire was unknown. 

Nearly every day, Kristen Bass travels to the Park Meridian apartments in Northgate, seeking reassurance that important pieces of her life are still intact. The 30- unit apartment building where she lived for 18 months was badly damaged in an Aug. 5 fire, leaving Bass and about 70 other tenants searching for new homes while the insurance company documents the extent of the damage, and the landlord makes plans for the building’s demolition. Bass is certain that irreplaceable belongings survived the fire — her family photos, childhood mementos, and a box of her late sister’s belongings that she can’t talk about without breaking into tears. But she can’t retrieve them from the fenced and partially boarded-up building because the landlord says it’s not safe to let her back inside. Most Read Stories Unlimited Digital Access. $1 for 4 weeks. “We are so grateful no one got hurt,’’ building owner A. Mark Vanderveen said in an interview Monday. “The last thing I want to do is put someone ...