APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) – A woman woke up because of her baby and discovered a fire broke out inside her Appleton townhouse Tuesday.
Fire officials say it happened at 1201 Bartell Court around 10:30 a.m.
The woman heard her 18-month-old daughter coughing and fidgeting when she spotted the fire. The mom then broke a window in the second floor bedroom and screamed for help.
The woman dropped her child out of the window to a neighbor who heard the cries for help. The woman then jumped out of the window.
Firefighters arrived to find light smoke coming from a second-floor window. They were able to extinguish the fire quickly.
The Red Cross is assisting the 8 people displaced by the fire.
The woman, her infant daughter and the neighbor were taken to the hospital for treatment.
Officials say the fire originated in the kitchen. Another woman had been in the townhouse cooking prior the fire but had left to go to the store.
