LIMA, Ohio (WLIO) - The Lima Fire Department responded to a call of an apartment showing heavy smoke on the city's south side.
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A second alarm was called for an apartment fire on Lima's north side last night. The Lima Fire Department responded to 800 North Elizabeth Street just before 11 p.m. Thursday. Heavy smoke was showing on arrival and a line was laid to Apartment 117. American Township was called for mutual aid. The scene was cleared just after 1 a.m.
Lima City Council gives Mayor Sharetta Smith the green light to launch the Lima Rapid Rental Repair Program on Tuesday, June 18th. The program aims to assist landlords with turnover and renovation costs for their rental properties to prepare for the next tenant to rent. The program is funded through "Better Together Funds" with $200,000 being allocated, and landlords can apply for a maximum grant award of up to $5,000 per unit, a way, Mayor Smith says, to help landlords with the rental registration program passed earlier this year and improve housing in Lima.
The Lima Fire Department battled a fire at a duplex on the south side of the city earlier Saturday afternoon. Firefighters were called to 950 and 954 St. Johns Avenue at 5:45 pm Saturday afternoon. The fire was burning on both sides of an abandoned duplex apartment building.
The City of Lima is currently drafting an ordinance that would create a rental registry to improve living conditions in rental properties and could have its first reading within the next several weeks.
A malfunctioning kitchen appliance is believed to be the cause of a fire in an apartment on the north side of Lima Friday afternoon. The Lima Fire Department was called out to 2140 Lake Circle drive just before one for reports of fire in a kitchen of an upstairs apartment. The residents were able to get out and the firefighters found that malfunctioning stove was the cause of the fire. The extensive fire damage was contained to the apartment, mostly in the kitchen area. But there was smoke and water damage to the other apartments in the building. No estimate on the cost of the damage.
Around 12:30 p.m., fire crews from Putnam and surrounding counties were dispatched to a building fire in the 100 block of South Main Street. The building was the home to a business and apartments and considered a total loss.
One Lima City Council member is working toward improving the relationship between Lima housing tenants and their landlords. Sixth Ward Councilman Derry Glenn held a community meeting Tuesday evening for tenants and landlords at the Wingate Hotel in Lima to initiate a conversation on how to address complaints received about housing situations in Lima's Sixth Ward.
The Metro Center Upscale Lofts and Business Arcade hosted introductory tours of the first floor business arcade commercial spaces and the 1 and 2-bedroom apartments and lofts available to rent above the arcade. The business arcade is ready for tenants such as food service, convenience stores, or salons to occupy the 1,000 to 2,000 square foot spaces. With the business arcade and upscale living, ambitions are high to better support Downtown Lima.
Just before three o'clock, the Bath Fire Department was called out to an apartment complex in the 2200 block of East Elm Street.