Burned Man Among 5 Hurt in Vegas Apartment Fire
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Posted: 8:59 AM Nov 4, 2009
Burned Man Among 5 Hurt in Vegas Apartment Fire
A fire official says a man with severe burns and four other people were hospitalized after an apartment fire early Wednesday in northwest Las Vegas.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - A fire official says a man with severe burns and four other people were hospitalized after an apartment fire early Wednesday in northwest Las Vegas.

Las Vegas fire spokesman Tim Szymanski (zim-ANN'-skee) says firefighters arrived at the fire about midnight and found the man outside the unit with severe burns on the upper half of his body.

Firefighters say a woman lowered two children, ages 3 and 5, to safety from a balcony after flames trapped them in the second-story apartment at a complex near Cheyenne Avenue and Rancho Drive.

They were treated for smoke inhalation, along with a neighbor who helped get people out.

Investigators say the fire appears to have started in the kitchen.

Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

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