{"id":193662,"date":"2026-02-25T21:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T21:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/193662\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T21:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T21:38:12","slug":"civilians-save-woman-hanging-from-2nd-story-window-in-long-beach-apartment-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/193662\/","title":{"rendered":"Civilians Save Woman Hanging From 2nd-Story Window in Long Beach Apartment Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1849\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_0381-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Civilians Save Woman Hanging From 2nd-Story Window in Long Beach Apartment Fire\" data-attachment-id=\"31280\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.longbeachlocalnews.com\/?attachment_id=31280\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_0381-scaled.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1849\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.78&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 15 Pro Max&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1772012947&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.7649998656528&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00012599218848431&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0381\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.longbeachlocalnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0381-scaled.jpeg?fit=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.longbeachlocalnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0381-scaled.jpeg?fit=1024%2C740&amp;ssl=1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>An early-morning apartment fire prompted a dramatic civilian rescue Tuesday at the Highland Hacienda Condominiums in the 3100 block of Atlantic Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Feb. 25, 2026, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.longbeachlocalnews.com\/2026\/02\/25\/civilians-save-woman-hanging-from-2nd-story-window-in-long-beach-apartment-fire\/chatgpt:\/\/generic-entity?number=0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Long Beach Fire Department<\/a> crews responded to a two-story apartment building with heavy smoke and flames coming from a second-story unit at the Highland Hacienda complex. Engine 7 initiated fire attack, Truck 7 handled ventilation, and Battalion Chief 3 assumed incident command. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.longbeachlocalnews.com\/2026\/02\/25\/civilians-save-woman-hanging-from-2nd-story-window-in-long-beach-apartment-fire\/chatgpt:\/\/generic-entity?number=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Long Beach Police Department<\/a> was requested for traffic and crowd control.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"740\" data-attachment-id=\"31280\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.longbeachlocalnews.com\/?attachment_id=31280\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_0381-scaled.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1849\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.78&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 15 Pro Max&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1772012947&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.7649998656528&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00012599218848431&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0381\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.longbeachlocalnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0381-scaled.jpeg?fit=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.longbeachlocalnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0381-scaled.jpeg?fit=1024%2C740&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_0381-1024x740.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31280\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Before firefighters made entry, nearby civilian workers rescued a woman in her 30s who was seen dangling from a second-story window, pulling her to safety.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-attachment-id=\"31281\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.longbeachlocalnews.com\/?attachment_id=31281\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.longbeachlocalnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0380-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1920&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.78&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 15 Pro Max&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1772012946&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.7649998656528&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00012599218848431&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0380\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.longbeachlocalnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0380-scaled.jpeg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.longbeachlocalnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0380-scaled.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_0380-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31281\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>One patient was evaluated at the scene. No firefighter injuries were reported. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.longbeachlocalnews.com\/2026\/02\/25\/civilians-save-woman-hanging-from-2nd-story-window-in-long-beach-apartment-fire\/chatgpt:\/\/generic-entity?number=2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">American Red Cross Los Angeles Region<\/a> was requested to assist three displaced families.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1772055492_438_0d2836024d9b92481a6afd113eaad8494e091bfe95ddb476084317f602a128dd.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t<\/p>\n<p>\tPost navigation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An early-morning apartment fire prompted a dramatic civilian rescue Tuesday at the Highland Hacienda Condominiums in the 3100&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-193662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}