Mother, 2 kids among those displaced by apartment fire

A lady and her two young children were rescued Wednesday from a burning apartment building in Boston. The three were then taken to Massachusetts General Hospital with minor injuries.

Boston:A Boston firefighter has scooted down a ladder with a young child in his arms during an apartment fire that left a mother and her two children in need of rescue in Boston.

The Boston Fire Department tweeted photos of the woman and her children standing on a third-floor balcony as smoke billowed from a brownstone in the city's South End neighbourhood.

Firefighters raised a ladder to reach the family. A resident shot cellphone video showing the rescue of one child.

The department said the fire broke out around 8:00 a.m. A total of eight people and their pets were displaced.

Fire officials are investigating the cause of the blaze.

AP

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