Las Vegas NowApartment Fire Sends 5 to Hospital

Apartment Fire Sends 5 to Hospital

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Fire officials say a man was badly burned and a woman, two children and a neighbor were hospitalized for smoke inhalation after an apartment fire early Wednesday morning  in northwest Las Vegas.

Firefighters say the woman lowered the children, ages 3 and 5, from a second-story balcony at complex near Cheyenne Avenue and Rancho Drive. Investigators say the fire appears to have started about midnight in the kitchen.

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