3 Hurt In Fire Three people were injured after a fire broke out in a Warsaw home Saturday evening.
Around 6:25 p.m. Saturday, the Warsaw Fire Department responded to a 911 call regarding a fire in an apartment house at 418 N. Roosevelt St., Warsaw.When firefighters arrived, smoke was coming from the house, and crews were told that two residents were trapped in a back room of the basement of the home.
Firefighters rescued the two people from the basement, and they, along with another person who was in the house at the time of the fire, were taken by ambulance to the St. Joe Burn Center in Fort Wayne. The people suffered burns and smoke inhalation, but their names and conditions were not released.
According to a report from the Warsaw Fire Department, the fire was accidental and started in the basement "when spilled gasoline was ignited by a water heater."
Damage from the fire was estimated at $30,000, and the blaze was under control in less than a half hour.
The Warsaw Fire Department was assisted by the Warsaw and Winona Lake police departments and Multi-Township EMS.
