WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) - Firefighters rescued two young girls from a burning home in Waterloo early Sunday morning.
Waterloo Fire Battalion Chief Ben Petersen said the girls, ages 2 and 3, were taken to the hospital after the fire along with an adult man who escaped the home and a firefighter who was injured during the fire.
The condition of the home’s occupants wasn’t immediately available Sunday. The firefighter was treated and released.
The fire was reported around 12:45 a.m. Sunday. The two girls were rescued from a bedroom inside the home by firefighters.
Petersen said the fire was extinguished within a few minutes, but the home sustained fire and smoke damage.
Fire investigators are working to determine the cause of the fire.
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