Fire on ninth floor of west tower of Lafayette Towers in Detroit, residents evacuated
DETROIT (FOX 2) - The Detroit Fire Department was working through the rain Wednesday morning to put out a fire inside the west tower of Lafayette Towers apartments.
The call for the fire came in around 9 a.m. at the Lafayette Towers and appears to be on the ninth floor of the west tour. Residents were evacuated and it's unknown if there are any injuries.
The 22-story building is at 1301 Orleans Street in Detroit.
FOX 2 has a news crew at the apartments and we'll update this story with more information as we get it.
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Detroit firefighters responded to a fire on the 9th floor of the Lafayette Towers on Wednesday.