A fire erupted about 2:45 a.m. Thursday at a four-story apartment building on Providence Drive, just north of Nine Mile Road, in Southfield, Michigan, forcing 27 residents and their pets to evacuate.
Two of those residents were taken by Southfield Fire ambulances to a local hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation. Their injuries were not believed to be serious.
The Southfield Fire Department, which led the response, said while firefighters were inside the building during the initial attempt to put out the blaze, two residents had to be rescued from the four-story building. Soiuthfield’s Ladder 5 vehicle was used to reach one resident who was on the third floor. At the same time, a ground ladder was used to get another resident off the third floor…