BALTIMORE (AP) — A Maryland boy was critically injured Saturday as a fire roared through an apartment building, according to fire officials.
After firefighters took the unidentified boy from the burning building, emergency personnel treated him and took him to a local hospital, according to a news release from Baltimore County Fire. The boy was transferred to the pediatric burn unit at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, the news release said.
One firefighter was injured and taken to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries, officials said.
The fire damaged 16 apartment units, making them uninhabitable. Seven people were displaced, fire officials said. The American Red Cross and the apartment management worked to assist displaced residents, the news release said.
Fire investigators with the Baltimore County Police Department are looking into what may have started the blaze.
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