Fire sparks in Detroit building with no heat

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"This is ridiculous, and this is stupid," Katilya Fairchild said. "This is unsafe." Katilya Fairchild is a resident of a southwest Detroit apartment complex that sparked a fire Monday afternoon. According to the Detroit Fire Department, the fire inside Across the Park apartments on Annabelle St. began Monday just after 4 p.m. in a room on the 8th floor. It was contained to one room, and the 48-year-old male resident inside was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. He is expected to be OK. But as residents braced in the cold while fire officials worked to save the building, another plight was highlighted. According to the residents, they spent Christmas without heat and were doing anything they could to stay warm. "I got an oven yeah. I got a little toaster oven so I'm using that," Dejuan Grimes said. "I think everybody is doing that. Everybody."

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