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A teenager was unable to save her 5-year-old sister from their burning apartment Tuesday night when roaring flames turned the apartment into an inferno, making it impossible to get to the second-floor where the child was watching television, officials said. East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner Dr . "Beau" Clark identified the girl as Treasure Garner, although her family says her last name is Hadley. She died in the fire at the Cedarwood Apartments on Cedarcrest Avenue . The fire started around 7 p.m. and burned for more than three hours, spreading to more than 10 apartments before firefighters could bring it under control. Treasure's 18-year-old sister had earlier helped the child get ready for bed, then turned on a television on the second floor of the apartment for the little girl to watch while the teen went to the first-floor kitchen to prepare dinner, said Brant Thompson, chief deputy of the State Fire Marshal 's Office, according to accounts gathered by the F...

Dozens of Westbury residents were displaced when a fire burned through their two- story apartment building Saturday afternoon , fire officials said. About 30 people living in the building in the Westwood Village complex on Brush Hollow Road were not able to return to their apartments. The blaze damaged 12 of the building's 16 units, said Jericho Fire Department Chief Kerry Ketsoglou . Most Popular Three firefighters suffered minor injuries , but no residents were hurt, authorities said. Greig Matthew, 37, said he was home alone when firefighters banged on his door and told him to get out. It appeared that his apartment was not seriously damaged, he said. "I just grabbed what I could and ran out the back," said Matthew, who has lived in the building for about a year. "This is the first time in my life I've dealt with anything like this." Robert Fisk, regional property manager for Home Properties Inc., the Rochester-based owner of Westwood Village , said ...

click to enlarge Bridgeview Village apartment complex for several days. - DUSTIN WATERS" /> Dustin Waters Flooding closed off the main entrances to the Bridgeview Village apartment complex for several days. As days of heavy rain swelled the Cooper River, residents of the Bridgeview Village apartment complex were trapped. Even Monday evening, the community’s two main exits on North Romney Street remained impassable for most vehicles. With the help of police, residents of the 300-unit complex say they were able to move the dumpsters blocking a single-lane road that cuts through the woods surrounding the complex. Although it doesn’t have a name, that road now serves as the only way in or out of the neighborhood. But for the first few days, even it was too flooded to use. “They opened that up Sunday. So Friday, Saturday, Sunday — it was three days we were stuck here,” says Charles Smith, age 69, whose apartment looks out onto the knee-deep wat...

Suburban Crime Log : 8/19 &body=http://www.toledoblade.com/Police-Fire/2017/08/19/Suburban-Crime-Log-8-19-Crime-reports-from-around-the-toledo-area-and-interactive-crime-map.html"> View The Blade’s interactive crime map Bedford Township Burglary Samantha Kassmakis, nothing reported stolen from residence in 6200 block of South Telegraph. Thefts Jeffrey Barraco, side view mirrors from vehicle in 7300 block of Lewis. Susan DuChene, patio furniture from residence in 7500 block of Wellsley. LaSalle Township Felonious assault Deanna Foster, stabbed at residence in 2900 block of Clayton. Maumee Theft Matthew Walker, bicyc...