2 injured after North Austin apartment catches fire [Video]

AUSTIN, Texas — An apartment fire in North Austin forced more than two dozen people from their homes, and firefighters had to rescue two residents from the burning building.

According to Austin Fire Department (AFD) Division Chief Mark Bridges, crews arrived around 5 a.m. to the 502 North Apartments on West Longspur Boulevard, near the Quail Creek neighborhood. Bridges said the fire spread from outside to two units on the second and third floor. 

“[Firefighters] saw the residents, and they heard the residents yelling at them from the [busted] window,” Bridges said. “And so, they threw a ladder, an extension ladder, to the third floor window. Crawled up there and rescued both of the residents and got them to safety and got them over to EMS for treatment and transport.”

The two victims were taken to Dell …