Overview
- Firefighters extinguished a late-Tuesday blaze at Sto-Away Self Storage on John R Road in Rochester Hills with no injuries reported.
- Officials say roughly 80 storage units sustained heavy damage, including a section where crews opened the roof to reach burning areas.
- At the peak, about 55 firefighters responded with multiple departments providing mutual aid during overnight operations.
- Assistant Fire Chief Anne Echols said the 911 call came just before 9 p.m., and the incident was escalated from a second to a third alarm for staffing.
- Tenants are waiting for access and damage assessments as the facility works with investigators and insurers on next steps.