DETROIT -- Nearly 100 tenants of a Detroit apartment building have been without power for almost a week as the management company and Detroit Energy point fingers at each other, said residents.
The residents at Casamira Apartments have been using candles and their ovens for light and heat while they wait for the management company, Ressco of Southfield, to resolve the problem.
"Each hallway is pitch black," said Casamira resident Dina Ivy.
Some residents stuck in the cold, dark building are even dangling their food with ropes out of the window in an attempt to keep it from spoiling.
Ivy said that the power went out last week when a transformer blew out.
A note posted on the door from Ressco said that they were waiting for Detroit Energy to resolve the problem.
DTE crews came to the building Tuesday afternoon and said they are working to restore the power. However, DTE has said the electrical wiring inside of the building is faulty and there is little it can do until the wiring is fixed.
Ressco told Local 4 News Tuesday afternoon that the company had contacted electricians. A few hours later, electricians, with generators in hand, arrived at the apartments.
Ressco said the generators will temporally run while they work to fix the wiring.
Detroit fire marshals said that if the generators are unsafe, they will force everybody to leave and stop the electricians from working.
The fire marshals added that they are inspecting the building, and if it's not safe, they will condemn the entire building.
The tenants said that they had tried to contact Ressco, but until Local 4 stepped in, they were not getting back to them.
"We've paid our rent. Now they need to resolve it," said Ivy.
Local 4 will keep you an updated on the building's progress.
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