A fire that started in a second-floor bathroom forced a family of seven people to evacuate their home in the City of Monroe Saturday morning.
The fire was reported about 9:15 a.m. at 719 W. Seventh St., several houses east of Union St., said Monroe Fire Department Capt. Matthew Poremba. The fire was contained to the bathroom, but there was plenty of smoke damage to the second floor, Poremba said.
“We got in there pretty quick and knocked it down on the inside,” he said Saturday. “You could see heavy smoke coming out of the bathroom and a glow when we arrived.”
Neighbors used a garden hose to try to douse the fire, but firefighters from both the city and Monroe Township were able to keep the blaze from spreading, he said.