Tuesday, January 22, 2008
A fire in Lawrence’s Heatherwood Valley apartments damaged 12 apartments Saturday. Lawrence company Gage Management, Inc., manages the building at 2040 Heatherwood Drive.
The blaze was started by a resident’s candle that was knocked over on his bed. The mattress caught on fire, which spread the blaze to other rooms in the apartment and other apartments. The resident then alerted other residents in the building of the fire. Three students, whose names were not disclosed, were in the complex.
David Gage, owner of Gage Management, said the residents were put in hotel rooms directly after the fire.
“We have been working around the clock since it happened to get the residents in new places,” Gage said.
Gage said a rehab project for the building may take months, so the residents affected have already been placed in new apartments. All residents except for one group stayed with the company.
Gage said of the residents affected, only one had renter’s insurance.
“The people who lived in other apartments didn’t have anything to do with the fire, but all their possessions got damaged or ruined,” Gage said.
He said that the insurance cost only $8 to $10 a month, and it would have covered the renters’ possessions.
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