FORT MYERS, Fla. — More than 100 people were evacuated from a five-story office building on Cleveland Avenue Tuesday afternoon after firefighters said there was a malfunctioning transformer that filled the building with smoke.
The fire started around 2:24 p.m. at a building located near Cleveland Avenue and Sunrise Boulevard, according to Amy Bollen, Public Information Officer for South Trail Fire and Rescue.
“There wasn’t actual flames, but there was smoke,” Bollen said. “There was a step down transformer that malfunctioned created quite a bit of smoke on the second floor. It pushed throughout all the way up to the fifth floor.”…