PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A fast-moving blaze at a Philadelphia apartment complex overnight has left a firefighter and two residents injured.
Fire Capt. William Dixon says the firefighter is in stable condition, but had no additional information on the injuries.
The two residents were taken to a hospital and one was listed in critical condition. The other person’s condition wasn’t available.
The fire was reported just before 12:30 a.m. Tuesday in northeast Philadelphia. Firefighters arrived to find flames shooting out of a second-floor window of the three-story complex.
It was brought under control about 45 minutes later.
About 50 residents were evacuated.
The cause of the blaze is under investigation.
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