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2 hospitalized after fire at Kent County retirement home

Posted at 4:50 AM, Jun 04, 2019
and last updated 2019-06-04 06:58:39-04

CASCADE TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Two people including a firefighter and a resident at a Kent County retirement home were hospitalized early Tuesday morning after a fire.

It happened around 2 a.m. Tuesday at the Sentinel Pointe Retirement Community, 2900  Thornhills Avenue SE in Cascade Township.

A firefighter and a resident were taken to a nearby hospital and treated for smoke inhalation.

We're told the fire started in a kitchen on the second floor of the building causing damaging to the room and smoke damage throughout the building.

No word on what started the fire.