OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Up to two dozen residents trapped briefly on their Omaha apartment balconies by fire are now safe.
Omaha television station KETV says the residents were rescued by firefighters Thursday evening after the fire broke out in the south-central Omaha neighborhood.
Kevon Moss, who lives in a first-floor apartment, tells KETV he heard screaming and shuffling above him. He says he went outside and saw a woman on her balcony who said she was trapped. Moss says the woman dropped her young son, whom Moss caught.
The Omaha World-Herald reports that the fire was caused when a couch was set ablaze. The newspaper says three children suffered smoke inhalation from the fire, but they were not seriously injured.
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