Responders rescue 2 babies from 3rd floor of building ablaze
A firefighter holds a child after a fire broke out in Hazleton, Friday July 26, 2019. City firefighters used aerial truck to rescue occupants from the third floor of the building. Prestigio Restaurant and apartments were damaged by the fire. WARREN RUDA/HAZLETON STANDARD-SPEAKER VIA AP
People wait for help after a fire broke out in Hazleton, Friday July 26, 2019. City firefighters used aerial truck to rescue occupants from the third floor of the building. Prestigio Restaurant and apartments were damaged by the fire. WARREN RUDA/HAZLETON STANDARD-SPEAKER VIA AP
Flames shoot out kitchen vent of Prestigio restaurant in Hazleton, Pa., Friday July 26, 2019. City firefighters used aerial truck to rescue occupants from the third floor of the building. (Warren Ruda/Hazleton Standard-Speaker via AP)
Women wait for help after a fire broke out in Hazleton, Pa., Friday July 26, 2019. City firefighters used aerial truck to rescue occupants from the third floor of the building. Prestigio Restaurant and apartments were damaged by the fire. (Warren Ruda/Hazleton Standard-Speaker via AP)
Women hands a child to a firefighter during a third floor rescue after a fire broke out in Hazleton, Pa., Friday July 26, 2019. City firefighters used aerial truck to rescue occupants from the third floor of the building. Prestigio Restaurant and apartments were damaged by the fire. (Warren Ruda/Hazleton Standard-Speaker via AP)
Firefighter stand at the scene of a fire in Hazleton, Pa., Friday July 26, 2019. City firefighters used aerial truck to rescue occupants from the third floor of the building. (Warren Ruda/Hazleton Standard-Speaker via AP)
Flames shoot out kitchen vent of Prestigio restaurant in Hazleton, Pa., Friday July 26, 2019. City firefighters used aerial truck to rescue occupants from the third floor of the building. (Warren Ruda/Hazleton Standard-Speaker via AP)
HAZLETON (AP) — Police officers and firefighters in Pennsylvania rescued two babies from a third-floor window of a building that caught fire, carrying them down a ladder to safety.
The Standard-Speaker of Hazleton says the blaze started late Friday morning in a restaurant’s rotisserie chicken cooker.
Two women holding babies came to a window of the building, and police told them that firefighters were on the way to help. The women can be seen in photos handing the babies to the rescuers.
The paper also says one man lowered himself from a second-story window as smoke billowed from a kitchen vent.
Another man was wearing only a towel when he escaped.
No injuries were reported, although 15 people were displaced.
A state police fire marshal ruled the fire an accident.
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Information from: Standard-Speaker, http://www.standardspeaker.com
