Crime & Safety

Unattended Candle May Have Sparked Riviera Drive Apartment Fire

Nobody was hurt and the apartment is not habitable.

Nobody was hurt in a Thursday night apartment fire, according to Fairlawn fire Chief Russ Hose.

The 9 p.m. fire on Riviera Drive in Fairlawn is being called accidental by investigators. Hose said the fire may have started when a candle was left unattended.

The fire just damaged one apartment, and because of smoke damage, the residents can't live there, Hose said.

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The four-unit apartment building, at 2824 Riviera Drive, was half vacant, Hose said. The other tenant was not hurt.

Fairlawn called the Copley and Bath fire departments for help.

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See video from the fire here.

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