KILLEEN, Texas — An overnight apartment fire in Killeen sent a mother and her baby to the hospital after they escaped through a window and jumped from the second floor.
A spokesperson for the city of Killeen said the mother and baby were in stable condition.
The woman dropped her baby from the second floor of her apartment to a person waiting below, according to the Killeen Fire department. The woman escaped through her front door and got outside safely. The woman's bother also escaped. He was not injured.
"It's horrifying, it's horrifying to know that your child might be burning alive," said Patricia Butler, a resident who said the fire started in her daughter's unit. "I heard her screaming and I know she got burned by the fire and she did what she had to do but, now I am here, and I am waiting to find out what happens here."
Killeen FD respond to overnight apartment fire
Fire crews arrived on scene just before 4 a.m.
"The initial reports were we had flames throughout the unit and when we arrived," Kubinski said, adding they sent four fire engines, a ladder truck and heavy rescue to the scene along with a couple of ambulances. "We found heavy fire conditions on the second floor coming from a centered unit."
The city spokesperson said the two of the eight units in the apartment complex were badly damaged. The other six have no damage.
The Fire Marshal's Office is investigating to determine the cause.