VIDEO: Firefighters rescue family from intense Houston fire

Monday, February 26, 2018
Family rescued fire
Family rescued fireA woman and her three children were rescued from the balcony of their apartment as flames spread through the building.

HOUSTON, Texas -- Three children and a woman were rescued from a fast-moving apartment fire in Houston, Texas.

ABC13's Jeff Ehling provides insights from the scene of a 3-alarm apartment fire in northwest Harris County.

The fire started in building nine of the Cornerstone Village Apartments around 1:30 a.m. Monday.

It quickly spread to three alarms.

Firefighters were able to rescue a woman and her children from a second-floor window.

Incredible video captured the family being brought down a ladder from a back balcony while the flames raged behind them.

Just before 4 a.m., a puppy was also rescued from the building.

One building collapsed because of the fire damage and is a total loss.

Sixteen units were destroyed.

A cause is not known at this time.

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