An apartment fire on Louisville Street in south Starkville injured one person on Monday afternoon, Starkville Fire Marshal Stein McMullen said.
Starkville Fire Department is still investigating the blaze, which started in the kitchen and laundry area and caused “lots of heat and smoke damage” to the rest of the unit, McMullen said. The resident of the apartment received “some burns to his arms” by trying to put out the fire, and he was treated at the scene.
SFD responded to the fire at 4:45 p.m. Monday, and it did not spread to any other units in the apartment complex, Fire Marshal Mark McCurdy tweeted Tuesday morning.
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