UPDATE: No Injuries Reported after DeKalb Ave Fire but 93-Year-Old Widow Awaits Gas Restoration
There were no reported injuries after an early morning, basement fire broke out in a six-story, residential building in Norwood in the early hours of Sunday, Feb. 16, but the fire caused damage to at least two apartments and shocked its residents who were woken up and evacuated amid cold, continuous rain and sleet. The fire alarm in the apartmnt of one 93-year-old widow resident reportedly did not go off and she is still without gas.