Apartment Building

SOUTH BEND - Darren McNair awoke this morning to a telephone call from a cousin telling him his Park Jefferson apartment building was on fire. McNair, 22, and a friend, Lindsey Johnson, 18, quickly fled the building with just the clothes on their backs. They saw high flames shooting from the building as they ran. “I have my phone and nothing else,” McNair said about 7:45 a.m. in the apartment complex clubhouse. Shortly after firefighters arrived, the blaze spread to at least three more sections of the complex -- that equates to more than 30 apartments.

MISHAWAKA - The owner of a condemned apartment complex in Mishawaka says he has plans to repair the building. Last week, the tenants at Princess City Apartments learned they had 24 hours to move out. Inspectors cited numerous complaints from the property since 2004 including mold issues and bed bug infestations. Some tenants were living in a Motel 6. Building Commissioner Bo Hundt says owner Randy Miller has spoken with city officials and is creating a plan for repairs but hasn't filed anything yet. Miller owns at least three properties that are in foreclosure.

Police were on the scene of a meth lab cleanup in the 100 block of South Merrifield in Mishawaka Thursday. CLICK HERE FOR A MAP Officers told a WSBT photographer at the scene the lab was found in the basement of an unoccupied apartment in the home. There is no word on arrests at this time. Stay with us for updates.

No humans were injured in a South Bend apartment fire this morning, but three dogs were killed. It happened at the corner of Dubail and Carroll just after 9:30 in a house that has been turned into apartments. A woman who lives in the upstairs apartment told WSBT News there are three adults, four kids, and several pets that live there. She told us it appears the fire started downstairs. A woman in a wheelchair had to be helped out by firefighters. She and her husband were taken to the hospital as a precaution.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A 7-year-old boy has died in a fire at an Indianapolis apartment building that forced several residents to leap out of second-story windows. Fire Department officials didn't immediately release the name of the boy who was killed early Saturday morning in the fire on the city's west side. The boy's mother says she tried to take her son with her as she jumped from the second floor, but lost her grip on him in the heat and smoke. Officials say the fire forced 15 people out of their homes, including four who jumped.

Residents of an apartment complex near Osceola were evacuated late Wednesday after their building caught fire. The fire was first reported about 11:45 p.m. when a caller in the 30900 block of River Bend Circle said a lamp had caught fire in a unit at the Arbors at River Bend, near Ash Road and McKinley Highway. As firefighters headed to the scene, the apartment resident told dispatch that the fire was starting to spread, according to initial reports. Arriving crews asked for assistance from St. Joseph County firefighters to help battle the blaze, and the fire was brought under control shortly after firefighters arrived.

SOUTH BEND - 2 people were killed and 2 others injured when fire struck a South Bend apartment building early Sunday morning. It happened around 4:30 a.m. in the 1200 block of East Haney Avenue. CLICK HERE for map. The building included 4 apartment units. Two of the victims were children and two adults, although South Bend Fire Chief Steve Cox would not go on the record, saying who lost their lives, since fire crews had to notify family members.

No one was injured Tuesday when a small apartment building caught fire in Elkhart. The fire at 931 S. Main St. was reported at 7:58 p.m., city 911 dispatch said. All of the occupants were evacuated when firefighters arrived and found smoke in the building. The Elkhart County Red Cross assisted five adults and an infant with temporary housing, food and clothing. The cause of the fire is still undetermined.

LAPORTE - An amazing rescue in LaPorte was caught on camera. A WSBT viewer Jason Ott sent us a video of the fire. Five people were stranded on the roof of a burning apartment building Saturday afternoon in the nine-hundred block of Jackson Street. Some of them jumped from their roof to the roof of a nearby garage as they waited for firefighters with ladders to help them down. Thankfully no one was seriously injured and everyone made it out okay. Firefighters are still investigating what caused the fire.

MISHAWAKA - We have some new information about other properties owned by the landlord of a condemned apartment building in Mishawaka. Randy Miller owns at least three properties that are in foreclosure. Last week, city leaders found Miller's Princess City Apartments unsafe. Miller is also the owner of the Marathon station at the corner of Cleveland and Capital Roads, according to tax records. The gas station opened in the fall of 2011 and is now closed.