'Suspicious' apartment fire in Wixom probed

 Wixom firefighters extinguished a fire at the Stoneridge apartment complex on Wednesday, Aug. 23.

The fire was contained to an apartment unit in the 30000 block of Stoneridge. According to Fire Chief Jeff Roberts, a burning odor was reported to the maintenance staff and was subsequently investigated. The staff identified smoke and immediately contacted 911.

Wixom firefighters responded within 5 minutes.

“We engaged in extinguishing the fire and called in Wixom police and the Oakland County fire investigators to determine the cause,” Roberts said.

The fire was extinguished within 10 minutes. There were no injuries reported, and the apartment sustained moderate fire damage.

No one other than the tenant was displaced.

The fire is being called “suspicious” and is still under investigation.