SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio — One person is dead and dozens of people have been displaced following a devastating apartment fire in Springfield Township early on Saturday morning.
The fire broke out around 4:40 a.m. in one of the buildings at the Hidden Cedars Apartments off of Garden Road.
At a press conference on Saturday afternoon it was revealed that one person died as a result of the fire. There is no information at this time on their identity, age, or gender, or if they were a resident of Hidden Cedars, according to Springfield Twp. Fire Department Battalion Chief Andrew Sauder.
The Springfield Township Fire Department spent much of the morning working to put out the flames.
The building was a complete loss.
In addition, a firefighter was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and has since been released.
Another person was also injured and remained hospitalized as of Saturday afternoon.
Volunteers from The Red Cross also helped victims at the scene.
Between 40 and 50 people were without a home after the fire and many of the Springfield Township neighbors are concerned for their friends and family.
"I was sleep I woke up and looked outside and all I seen was orange. We went outside and the fire was so big that it was hot. Like as soon as you come outside you could feel the flames. It's crazy," said Zsadray Scott, a Hidden Cedars resident.
Another resident said he's been in the apartments for eight years and really wishes he could help his friends.
"It's terrible a lot of people lost all their things and belongings and I hope we didn't lose any lives," said Danny Brown, who works for Hidden Cedars as part of their maintenance crew.
The director of Toledo's chapter of the American Red Cross hopes to provide everyone in need with the proper resources.
"What we start next is what we call the intake process where we make sure that we get every bodies information and how many people were in there units, who all affected," said Rachel Hepner-Zawondy, Executive Director of Red Cross, Western Lake Erie.
Springfield Local Schools stepped in to help connect displaced residents with care resources - a meeting will be held on Monday at 8:15 a.m., when more details will be released.
This is not the first fire to break out at Hidden Cedars.
In Feb. 2006, a massive fire in one of the buildings was blamed on homemade electrical components a resident had in a cluttered apartment.
In October 2009, 34 people lost there home in another blaze at the apartment complex.
In March 2012, two people died in a fire at Hidden Cedars. In 2014, a woman, Kenya McGhee, pled guilty to setting the fire that caused the deaths of 61-year-old Robert McGhee and 58-year-old Olandia Keith Dixon. .
There was also a fire in July 2000 in which more than 20 units were destroyed.
In all four of those fires, one of the buildings was completely destroyed and dozens of people were left without a home.
Following the fire in 2012, fire codes at Hidden Cedars were scrutinized for not being up to date. Then Springfield Township Assistant Fire Chief Rick Hemlinksi said the department would inspect 20 different apartment complexes and would make recommendations to the property owners.
As of Saturday afternoon, no cause was identified for the fire and officials think the investigation could take weeks.
"They are conducting their preliminary investigation and then we are going to get into the cause and determination why did it happen that kind of thing. So, it's going to be a very long process," said Fire Chief Andrew Sauder.
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