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Trash causes Christmas Day fire in Ann Arbor high-rise

Sarah Parlette, Associate Content Producer, All About Ann Arbor

Tags: Ann Arbor, Local, Fire, Ann Arbor Fire Department, Downtown Ann Arbor
An Ann Arbor Fire Department truck is parked outside the Forest Avenue Parking Structure, where wet drills are taking place on June 3, 2021. In the distance, more trainings are taking place at University Towers. (Meredith Bruckner)

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Residents of the Courthouse Square apartments got a rude awakening on Christmas morning when compacted trash caused a fire.

Firefighters were called to the 100 S. Fourth Ave. building in downtown Tree Town around 10:23 a.m. to extinguish a fire in the trash chute.

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Ann Arbor Fire Department officials said several days’ worth of trash was stuck in a chute and caused smoke on floors 5-11. No injuries or damaged apartments were reported.

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Sarah has worked for WDIV since June 2018. She covers community events, good eats and small businesses in Ann Arbor and has a Master's degree in Applied Linguistics from Grand Valley State University.

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