South Florida Mother And Baby Found Unconscious In Burning Apartment
A mother and son were found unconscious after a fire broke out in their apartment on Monday.
The Coral Springs Fire Department was investigating a fire that broke out in an apartment complex located in the 5700 block of Riverside Drive in Coral Springs.
The fire started just before 8 p.m. in one unit and damaged a second unit.
Sherryl Thomas, a neighboring resident at the Grand Oasis apartment complex, said she heard the fire alarm go off and her window break, so she ran out of her home.
“There was smoke billowing from her apartment and we just grabbed our stuff, and we just ran,” Thomas said.
Firefighters broke down the door and found a mother and her infant son unconscious inside the apartment. Both were taken to a local hospital.
Mike Moser of the Coral Springs Fire Department said the mother, possibly in her 30s, was in critical condition. He said the woman’s son, less than a year old, was in serious condition.
The cause of the fire was under investigation by the state fire marshal.
Red Cross was at the scene assisting two families that were displaced.