A fire in a 12-unit building at 505 Clough St., Bowling Green, was contained to one apartment this evening.
A resident of the building called 911 at 5:38 p.m., when the renter smelled smoke in the hallway while leaving the building.
Bowling Green Police Division went door-to-door and evacuated residents from the building which sits next to the railroad tracks. No one was injured.
When Bowling Green Fire Division arrived on the scene, firefighters could see the flames through the window. They had to force entry into Apt. 9, where the fire was located. Once inside, the fire was knocked down quickly, according to Fire Division Capt. Bill Moorman.
The fire is under investigation, with the cause not yet known.
No one was home in the apartment at the time of the fire, Moorman said. Bowling Green State University is on spring break this week. The resident of the burned apartment was in town, but reportedly at work when the fire occurred.
While the fire was contained to one unit, several other units were being ventilated for smoke. It was unknown yet if there were inhabitable.
“At least the tenants can come in and check them out,” Moorman said.
