“We heard our neighbor pounding on the door, running around yelling,” Kaelyn said. “We weren’t sure what was happening until we got up and heard her yelling there’s a fire.”
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Kaelyn said she and Zachary “grabbed our stuff” and ran out of their second-floor unit.
Zachary said they are grateful because they wouldn’t have heard anything unless the neighbor knocked on the door.
Middletown firefighters were dispatched for a stove fire about 5:17 p.m. Monday to the Kensington Ridge Apartments, 730 Kensington Court, according to the fire report.
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Fire Chief Paul Lolli said firefighters found flames shooting from the second-floor windows when they arrived. He said firefighters from Middletown, Monroe and Franklin took about 45 minutes to an hour to put out the fire at the eight-unit building which portions were heavily damaged, while other portions sustained heavy smoke damage. Lolli said 20 to 22 people were displaced as a result of the fire.
Damages were estimated at $175,000 for the structure and $20,000 for the contents, according to the report. No injuries were reported in the blaze.
Lolli said the fire is believed to have started in the area of a kitchen stove in one of the second floor apartment units. However, he said the exact cause of the fire remains undetermined. Lolli said the fire remains under investigation.
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