A now boarded-up home in the 500-block of Caron Ave. was the scene of a fire, June 16, 2015. (Photo by Mike Vlasveld)A now boarded-up home in the 500-block of Caron Ave. was the scene of a fire, June 16, 2015. (Photo by Mike Vlasveld)
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Faulty Air Conditioner Sparks Fire

A faulty portable air conditioner, tasked with keeping a Caron Ave. apartment cool, instead sparked a fire.

Windsor Fire says the air conditioner is the cause of an early morning blaze, which inflicted $100,000 damage to an upper duplex apartment.

No one was hurt.

It took crews about an hour to get the fire under control.

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