Small Fire At Maplewood Commons In FDL

Fond du Lac firefighters put out a small fire at the Maplewood Commons Apartment Complex  Friday afternoon. Fire Chief Peter O’Leary says firefighters were dispatched at 2:47 p.m. to the apartment complex at 848 Martin Avenue. When they arrived they could hear a fire alarm in one of the apartments. The tenant of the second floor apartment wasn’t home when the fire occurred. A small fire in a wastebasket was extinguished. Fire crews vented smoke from the building. Smoke alarms alerted neighbors to the fire. There were no injuries and the cause of the fires is under investigation. Fond du Lac Fire Department photo.