TOPEKA, Kan. — One person is hospitalized after a pre-dawn fire damaged an apartment building in Topeka.
KSNT-TV reports that firefighters were called to the apartment complex around 2:30 a.m. Thursday. One occupant initially refused to leave. Once the fire was out, crews coaxed that person out. That person is hospitalized. Authorities didn’t immediately have a condition report but the injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. Damage to the complex is estimated at $125,000.
Police believe the fire began in a kitchen on the second floor.
