A toddler playing with a lighter on a living room couch started an apartment fire in Michigan, police said. Escanaba Public Safety Officers responded to a structure fire at the Sand Hill Town Homes apartment complex Monday around 5:45 p.m. Witnesses saw flames and smoke coming out of a window. When officers arrived on scene, the entire living room was engulfed in flames. Officers quickly entered the apartment and extinguished the fire. The attached apartments on both sides were saved and did not sustain any damage. A toddler playing with a lighter on a living room couch started an apartment fire in Michigan, police said. Escanaba Public Safety Officers responded to a structure fire at the Sand Hill Town Homes apartment complex Monday around 5:45 p.m.