By BECKY GOFF
Little Apple Post
MANHATTAN - On Monday morning, fire crews from the Manhattan Fire Department were dispatched to 2514 Stagg Hill Road on the report of a structure fire, just before 7:00 am, according to a media release.
When crews arrived, they found the three-story apartment building with smoke coming from the third floor.
After searching the building, crews had the fire extinguished within 15 minutes.
Damage was contained to the apartment where the fire started.
Seventeen firefighters on 5 fire apparatus responded to the scene with the final crews clearing the scene just before 9:00 am.
Stagg Hill Road was closed for about an hour as crews fought the fire, but has since reopened.
No injuries were reported with the fire.
Loss is estimated at $50,000, the cause of the fire remains under investigation.
The 3-story building contains 12 apartments and the owner is listed as the Russell K. Briggs Trust of Manhattan.
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The Manhattan Fire Department is an ISO Class I, career fire department, serving the City of Manhattan from five fire stations. The department provides fire, emergency medical first response, technician-level hazardous material response, and technical rescue including vehicle extrication, trench, high and low angle, surface water, structural collapse, and wide area search. The department serves as a Type I regional hazardous materials response team through the State Fire Marshal primarily serving 8 counties in the surrounding area. MFD is part of Northeast Task Force 2, a search and rescue/water rescue team with other area departments, and is tasked to cover 23 counties for urban search and rescue response