Residents jump from windows to escape Cedar Rapids apartment fire

  • Source: WOWT-TV NBC 6
  • Published: 06/21/2018 12:00 AM

Authorities say four people suffered minor injuries in a fire at a Cedar Rapids apartment complex. Firetrucks were dispatched around 5:25 p.m. Wednesday to the 12-unit complex. Neighbors say they heard shouts for help. "I look out my door and there were a couple people hanging from a window on the second story," said Justin Robinson, who lives next door to the three-story building. "The smoke was just rolling out." Robinson called 911 and did what he could to help those evacuating the 12-unit structure. Ashley Hanson, who also lives nearby, said she had joined a group of others who were holding a blanket to try and catch those dangling from the burning structure's windows. "There was one guy hanging by his hands," said Hanson. "There was probably six or seven of us that just stretched out a blanket to catch him."



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