Fire Damages Apartment Balcony on Battle Creek’s South Side

The Battle Creek Fire Department rushed to an apartment complex Wednesday morning after a fire started on a balcony.

Several vehicles responded shortly before 9 a.m. on August 12^th to the building at The Arbors of Battle Creek grounds at 400 Rambling Road after the fire began on the back of the structure. The flames were contained to the third-floor balcony where the fire started.

Investigators say that discarded smoking material was the cause of the fire. The renter in the apartment received first-degree burns attempting to put the fire out. No other injuries were reported. An estimated cost of damage has also not been determined.