“They just kept bringing more people out ... It was just sad and terrifying,' a neighbor said.
Five people, including three children and a teenager, were resuscitated Monday night after fire crews rescued them from an apartment fire on Indianapolis’ east side.— near the intersection of North Post Road and East 30th Street — about 10:20 p.m. and found light smoke in the hallway of an apartment building, according to the Indianapolis Fire Department.
Pulses were restored on all five patients who remain in critical, but stable condition, the fire department stated. The adult rescued is 28, while the teenager is 14 and the children are 12, 3 and 1, according to the fire department.Renee Williams said it was scary watching crews carry out the five people from the smoking building. She has lived in the apartment complex for seven years.Williams was asleep when the fire began, while one of her sons played video games inside their home.
After they evacuated, Williams and her family saw the apartment that caught fire was dark black inside through a front window. Even though her apartment was next door to the fire, Williams’ unit was not damaged.
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