Man, 2 Children Hurt In Detroit Apartment Fire

DETROIT — Three people, including two children, were injured in a Detroit fire Thursday, a Detroit fire spokesperson told Patch.

The fire happened at 8:12 a.m. Thursday on the ninth floor of the Pallister Plaisance Apartments, which is located off Delaware Street near the Lodge and Third Avenue, according to the official.

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Firefighters arrived and immediately began evacuating the building. They rescued a mother and her two children, as well as a man from a ninth-floor window using a ladder truck, according to the official.

Firefighters extinguished the fire and contained it to the ninth-floor apartment unit, though floors above sustained smoke damage, according to the official.

The two children and the man were taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the official.

Officials treated multiple others at the scene. Warming buses were also provided for displaced occupants of the building.

Officials are still investigating the cause of the fire.