2 Mothers, Babies Rushed To Hospital After Being Rescued From Burning Frankford Apartment Building, Officials Say

Philadelphia PA

17 April, 2021

3:01 PM

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CBS Philadelphia April 17, 2021 Two mothers and their babies were rushed to the hospital after getting rescued from a burning apartment building in Frankford on Friday. Video from the Citizen app shows the flames shooting out of the building on the 5000 block of Akron Street just after 3 p.m. An eyewitness says he saw a woman holding her baby out of a fourth-floor window until firefighters arrived. "She said 'my baby, my baby.' I see the smoke start torching more so close to her so I knew the fire was getting closer. And she said 'I can't take this no more,' and that scared me," the witness named Rod said. CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.