Two-Alarm fire injures one
Posted Feb 7, 2010 8:27 am.
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A fire that injured a woman this morning forced a dozen people from their beds and out into the cold in the community of Forest Heights. The two-alarm blaze happened around 1:30 a.m. in a five-plex in the 800 block of 44th Street Southeast Sunday morning.
Fire crews were met by thick smoke pouring from the building. A woman leaving her suite was discovered to have suffered second0degree burns and smoke inhalation.
She was examined by paramedics and rushed to Foothills Hospital.
12 other occupants of the building were sheltered in a transit bus during the fire.
Eight were put up in local hotels for the interim by the Red Cross. The remaining four are staying with relatives.
Officials tell 660News, the cause of the fire is under investigation.. Damage is estimated at $30,000 and was contained to one suite.
