RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Authorities say at least two people were taken to a hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation from a fire that broke out in a North Carolina high-rise apartment building for seniors.
Wake County EMS Assistant Chief Jeff Hammerstein told news outlets that several people suffered from smoke inhalation, but only two had been taken to a hospital as of Friday afternoon.
Authorities say the fire broke out on the ninth floor of the 288-unit Glenwood Towers, which the Raleigh Housing Authority owns. Hammerstein said residents living on the eighth floor and above were evacuated.
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