HOLLYWOOD, FLA. (WSVN) – An elderly man suffered a head injury and two children were taken to the hospital after a fire broke out inside an apartment unit in Hollywood, officials said. <\/p>\n
Hollywood Police and Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the blaze at the Park Plaza Apartments near the 2800 block of Pierce Street, just after 6 a.m. on Monday.<\/p>\n
Investigators said the fire likely started in the kitchen area on the first floor of a unit.<\/p>\n
Officials said the elderly man was home with his daughter and her two children at the time.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe officers arrived on scene first. They were trying to get a ladder, they were talking to the family on the balcony as they were waiting for our engine rescue,\u201d said Hollywood Fire Rescue spokesperson Chait Kauffman.<\/p>\n
Surveillance video captured the moment firefighters pulled a fire hose into the unit.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur Engine 31, with the police officers, were helping them come down the ladder one by one,\u201d said Kauffman.<\/p>\n
Officials said the man in his 70s hurt his head after he broke a a second-floor window and jumped out. He was treated at the scene.<\/p>\n
Neighbor Victor Portillo said firefighters rushed to the elderly man\u2019s aid.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe saw them take the gentleman, and we saw them pull out stretchers,\u201d he said. \u201cBut there\u2019s a young lady who lives there with some kids, and she seemed fine, she walked out carrying one of the kids. The other kid was sitting up on the stretcher.\u201d<\/p>\n
Crews quickly knocked down the flames and remained at the complex to check for hotspots.<\/p>\n
Officials said the woman and the two children were evacuated from the area.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a mother and two children that were still on the second floor, that our police officers and our fire crew were able to get down safely,\u201d said Kauffman.<\/p>\n
The two children were transported to a local hospital to be treated for minor smoke inhalation. They are expected to be OK.<\/p>\n
Portillo said that the incident was surprising to him since the apartment complex was typically safe.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was a shock to me, I\u2019m very curious as to what happened,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Officials said three responding police officers were also transported to the hospital as a precaution, and are also expected to be OK.<\/p>\n
Investigators said that the fire was electrical in nature, and said that improper materials were left on the stove.<\/p>\n
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