INDIANAPOLIS — One person is dead and two others were injured in an apartment fire on the northwest side of Indianapolis Tuesday afternoon.
Firefighters were called just after 2:30 p.m. April 2 to the Mount Zion Suburban Apartments in the 5200 block of North Michigan Road, near West 53rd Street.
An Indianapolis Fire Department spokesperson said crews found 64-year-old Hanson Howard dead inside the apartment. Two people had slight injuries and were transported to local hospitals, IFD said.
Around 50 people were evacuated.
According to IFD, a large number of the residents are seniors and many have mobility issues. Firefighters were able to quickly get the fire out so some people could stay in their apartments, instead of evacuating.
IFD said this is the second death in a fire in the area this year.