Four Firefighters Hurt in Laurel Apartment Blaze

Four firefighters were injured battling a two-alarm blaze Thursday morning at a Laurel apartment building, officials said.

Prince George’s County Fire Department spokesman Mark Brady said via Twitter that the fire was in a garden-style apartment building in the 11700 block of South Laurel Drives. Flames were seen coming through the roof when firefighters arrived on the scene.

Eight apartments were damaged by the fire, which displaced 15 adults, seven children and one done, Brady said.

Four firefighters were injured, three of whom suffered burns, none of them life-threatening, Brady said.

One of the burn victims is being admitted to the Med Star burn unit, he said, for treatment of second- and third-degree burns to both hands, second-degree burns to his ears and first- and second-degree burns to his arms.

»Photos of Laurel apartment fire, courtesy of Mark Brady, PGFDPIO