ROSS TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Emergency crews handled an overnight fire in an apartment building’s trash compactor.
Fire officials say a fire alarm call for the Cosmopolitan Apartments on McKnight East Drive went out just after midnight.
While they were heading there, a resident reported smoke on the building’s sixth floor.
Berkeley Hills firefighters found smoke coming from the ground-level parking garage.
Making their way inside, crews put out a small fire inside a trash compactor. They spent more than an hour clearing smoke afterward with help from the Seville Volunteer Fire Company.
Officials say the fire’s cause is under investigation.
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