Thick, gray smoke rolled over Cleveland’s West Side on Thursday as a fast-moving fire tore through an upper-floor unit in an Ohio City high-rise, drawing a heavy response from Cleveland firefighters and a crowd of worried neighbors on the sidewalks below.
Crews rushed to the scene and worked quickly to knock down the flames and push everyone back from the danger zone. Ladders went up, hoses went in, and the top floors of the building became an impromptu stage for a tense mid-day firefight.
Video from FOX 8 shows firefighters on aerial ladders and engines attacking the blaze and ventilating the structure, with multiple companies coordinating from the street and upper floors as smoke pours out of the building.
Where crews worked
The blaze started on an upper floor of the Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority’s Lakeview Estates high-rise in Ohio City, where residents said smoke quickly spread to multiple floors. According to News 5 Cleveland, four people inside the affected apartment managed to get out safely, and no injuries were immediately reported…