(UPDATE: 10:05 a.m.) A couch fire caused minimal damage in a Battery Lane apartment this morning and it appears nobody will be displaced, a Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services spokeswoman said.
MCFRS was called to 4911 Battery Lane at 8:41 a.m. for a report of smoke in the building, spokeswoman Beth Anne Nesselt said. Upon arriving, first responders evacuated the building and requested additional resources. They determined a couch fire in one of the apartments caused the smoke.
Nesselt said firefighters put out the fire at 8:50 a.m. and there were no injuries.
Investigators are on the scene now, but Nesselt said it doesn’t look like anybody will be displaced. She said officials were trying to locate the resident of the apartment where the fire took place.
A resident of 4911 said the man who lives in the apartment typically walks to work in the mornings. His car remained in the parking lot.
The 4911 building is a three-story garden style apartment near the intersection of Battery Lane and Woodmont Avenue. The fire happened in a third-floor apartment. Firefighters busted out two back windows and inserted high-pressure water hoses into the apartment through the front door.
