STARK COUNTY — Some residents have been displaced, and three pets are dead after an apartment fire in Ohio on Saturday.
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The Jackson Township Fire Department in Stark County wrote in a social media post that a neighbor reported smoke coming from an apartment at around 4:55 p.m.
When firefighters arrived, they found smoke and fire from the window and door of a two-story apartment building, according to the social media post.
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Firefighters extinguished the fire and searched all apartment units.
Three residents were checked at the scene, but no one was transported to a hospital.
The residents in the affected apartment unit were not home at the time of the fire, the department said.
Two dogs and a cat died in the fire. There is also one cat unaccounted for.
The fire caused an estimated $80,000 in damage.
Residents in three apartment units have been temporarily displaced, the department stated.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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