Person jumps from 3rd floor to escape Brooklyn Park fire that injured 6
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Updated: 8:42 a.m. | Posted: 6:59 a.m.
Six people were hurt in an apartment fire early Tuesday in Brooklyn Park.
Firefighters responded to the apartment complex at 5849 73rd Ave. N. around 1 a.m. and found people trying to escape out of windows.
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One person jumped out of the third-floor unit without help from firefighters, according to Dan Smith, Brooklyn Fire Department battalion chief of operations.
"Police and fire assisted a couple people out the windows and then we went in and extinguished the fire," Smith said.
Five people were treated and released at the scene and one person was hospitalized.
Smith said two children were treated for minor injuries.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
