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CIRCLEVILLE — A man was left homeless about 10 p.m. Wednesday after a kitchen fire damaged his apartment at Apple Ridge on Lancaster Pike, but no injuries were reported. Charles Stanley said he was not home at the time of the blaze in unit 49 but was alerted to smoke coming from his apartment by a neighbor. “They hollered that my apartment was on fire, and when I got back here, the whole place was smoked up,” Stanley said. Stanley said he lived alone in the unit and would be staying with a friend for the night. Volunteers from the Pickaway County Red Cross also arrived on the scene to provide assistance to Stanley following the blaze. According to Captain Kirk Edgington , the fire started in the kitchen of the small apartment unit from a stove that was left on. “There is heat and smoke damage throughout the apartment, but the flames mainly damaged the kitchen,” he said. Edgington said AEP crews were able to isolate the apartment unit , so service was only disrupted ...

What to Know Nina Brekelmans, 25, and Michael McLoughlin, 24, died one year ago after a fire broke out near Dupont Circle, on Riggs Place NW. D.C. officials found that the house where they rented rooms had not been inspected and was not licensed for rental. Cities across the country grapple with how to detect illegal apartments, experts say. The fire that sent flames shooting through the roof of a three-story rowhouse near Dupont Circle started on the first floor, investigators found . An electrical short sparked in the landlord’s living room, and the blaze raced upward in the historic house. Four people were inside. Nina Brekelmans awoke in the burning building and called 911, according to a lawsuit filed by her family. Firefighters arrived minutes later, but by the time they were able to reach her and her housemate Michael McLoughlin , it was too late. Brekelmans, 25, and McLoughlin, 24, were killed by the blaze June 3, 2015 at 1610 Riggs Place NW , where they each rented rooms....

Here's a look at building permits issued by the city of Longview or applied for from Aug. 10 to 16: D&D Roofing, 503 E. Methvin St., tear off and reroof daycare bulding , $4,900 P.I. Roofing & Home Solutions, 3100 McCann Road, B13, tear off and reroof building at Summer Lakes Apartments , $11,203 P.I. Roofing & Home Solutions, 3100 McCann Road, B14, tear off and reroof building at Summer Lakes Apartments , $11,203 P.I. Roofing & Home Solutions, 3100 McCann Road, B1, tear off and reroof building at Summer Lakes Apartments , $11,203 P.I. Roofing & Home Solutions, 3100 McCann Road, B15, tear off and reroof building at Summer Lakes Apartments , $11,203 P.I. Roofing & Home Solutions, 3100 McCann Road, B16, tear off and reroof building at Summer Lakes Apartments , $11,203 P.I. Roofing & Home Solutions, 3100 McCann Road, B2, tear off and reroof building at Summer Lakes Apartments , $11,203 P.I. Roofing & Home Solutions, 3100 McCann Road, B3, tear off and r...