WINDER, Ga. — Three children were among those hurt in a Winder apartment fire Tuesday afternoon.
The Winder Fire Department said a unit on Apperson Drive caught on fire around 1:15 p.m.
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As first responders rushed to the complex, they learned a baby was trapped inside the burning building, according to the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office.
A deputy and Winder police officer who showed up immediately went in to rescue the baby.
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They said they were able to hear the baby crying, crawl toward the noise and rescued the baby.
Worried neighbors told Channel 2’s Courtney Francisco that they watched from across the street.
“I saw a gentleman covered in soot, and he was holding a kid, a toddler maybe,” neighbor Heather Schulman said.
In total, rescuers were able to save three children from the burning apartment.
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The sheriff’s office said the children and two law enforcement officers suffered smoke inhalation injuries.
Investigators said a helicopter had to fly one of the children to Grady Memorial Hospital.
An ambulance took the other child to the hospital, and the mother took the third child to the hospital in her own vehicle.
The baby, several deputies, and a Winder police officer who received medical treatment will be okay, according to the sheriff’s office.
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