NO ONE HURT IN APARTMENT FIRE SUNDAY

An electric baseboard heater appears to have been the source of a fire that caused moderate damage to a Cape Girardeau apartment building early Sunday.

Firefighters responded to a call shortly before 2:30 a.m. at 121 E. Rodney, Building H. The three-story building houses six apartments.

No one was injured in the fire.

The Cape Girardeau Fire Department said the fire damage was limited to a bedroom in one of the apartments, with heat, smoke and water damage throughout the rest of the building.

The fire appears to have started around the electrical baseboard heater in the bedroom.

Two of the families from the building were placed in a local motel for the night by the Salvation Army.

Damage was estimated at $10,000.