COLUMBUS, Ohio--
A semi-conscious woman was taken to OSU Main Hospital Saturday night after her apartment building in the Short North was on fire.
Firefighters tell NBC 4’s ElJay Richards that the woman was found by firefighters in a second floor unit, above the first floor starting place of the fire in a six-unit building at 334 Buttles Avenue. Several other tenants were displaced by the fire, but not injured.
The cause of the fire was under investigation by Columbus fire specialists, who couldn’t say immediately after the 7 pm fire what had led to the blaze.
When firefighters pulled up to the intersection of Neal and Buttles, they could see flames in lower floor windows and immediately began a search of the three floors of the building. A neighbor across the street brought coats to occupants who had fled with
only what they were wearing.
The injured woman as not identified by name; fire officials said she suffered from smoke
inhalation and second degree burns.
Stay with NBC 4 and nbc4i.com for more on this developing story.
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