One man injured, transported to hospital after fire inside Holton Street apartment building

The Milwaukee Fire Department (MFD) says one man was transported to Ascension Columbia St. Mary's for treatment of smoke inhalation after it was dispatched to a fire inside a five-unit apartment building at 2035 N. Holton St. around 3:27 p.m. on Sunday.

While en route, MFD Battalion Chief Brian Moore adds a man in the third-floor unit who called in the fire said they were still trapped in the building.

According to the MFD, crews began extinguishing the fire on the third floor once on-scene and were able to find the person who was trapped in his kitchen.

The MFD adds that the man was unconscious, but they successfully pulled him out of the building. Once they got him to the ambulance to transport him to the hospital, Moore says the man regained consciousness.

Moore says of the five uni