BEREA, Ohio

Assistance to Fire Department: Heather Lane

Police extinguished a second-floor apartment fire at about 1:45 a.m. Aug. 1 at Misty Lake, 16475 Heather Lane.

Police were called to Misty Lake and saw the fire burning on a balcony when they arrived.

They grabbed a fire extinguisher from their cruiser and entered the building. They began evacuating apartment tenants.

Police approached the apartment from where the fire was originating. Someone told them inaccurately that the tenant in that apartment wasn’t home.

Police tried to kick in the door of the apartment, but were unsuccessful. They returned to their cruiser for a battering ram, which they used to break into the apartment.

The apartment tenant was asleep on the couch. Police told her that her balcony was on fire.

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