WCFD: 14 people displaced after early morning fire in West Chester

The same apartment community was the site of a deadly 2022 fire
Fourteen people were displaced from their homes after a fire broke out at an apartment complex in West Chester the morning of Aug. 30. ALLY KRAEMER/WCPO

Fourteen people were displaced from their homes after a fire broke out at an apartment complex in West Chester the morning of Aug. 30. ALLY KRAEMER/WCPO

WEST CHESTER — Fourteen people were displaced from their homes after a fire broke out at an apartment complex in West Chester early Friday morning.

West Chester fire officials were called to the Meadow Ridge apartments located in the 5400 block of Aster Park Drive for reports of a working fire in progress Friday morning just before 4 a.m., according to West Chester Assistant Fire Chief David Pickering.

WCFD said it quickly began fighting the fire. Pickering said the fire started in a first floor apartment and quickly spread to an attic. The fire was contained to four apartments and no one suffered any injuries after all residents exited on their own, Pickering said.

The Red Cross was called to assist the 11 adults and three children that were displaced as a result of this fire.

The cause of fire is under investigation.

The Meadow Ridge apartments was the location of a deadly fire in 2022 that claimed the life of two children.

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