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.
Mother, 2 children among those displaced by apartment fire
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
