Mother and Child Critically Injured in Long Beach Fire

A woman and a 4-year-old child believed to be her daughter were hospitalized in critical condition after being rescued from an apartment fire in Long Beach early today, authorities said.

The two-alarm fire was reported in a third-floor apartment in the 1000 block of Stanley Avenue just after midnight, Long Beach Fire Department spokesman Jake Heflin said.

There were four residents at the apartment, but only two -- the 37-year- old woman the little girl, who neighbors described as her daughter -- were there at the time of the fire, Heflin said.

About 50 firefighters took just over 10 minutes to knock down the blaze, Heflin said. The cause of the fire was under investigation, he said.

--City News Service

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