Thursday’s three-alarm fire at the Rolling Creek Apartments was a rarity. Some other memorable three- and four-alarm fires in recent years:
• November 1995: A four-alarm fire destroys the Broadway Auto Shop, 114 E. Sixth, and killed an 8-year-old boy in sleeping in a back room.
• September 2001: A three-alarm fire heavily damages a 90-year-old home converted into apartments at 606 W. 13th St.
• November 2000: A three-alarm fire destroys the old Elahan Place mental health facility, 1214 W. 24th St., which had been boarded up.
