LONGVIEW, Texas — One person was sent to the hospital Saturday evening after suffering burns to their face and hands in a Longview apartment fire.
According to the Longview Fire Department, firefighters responded to a blaze at a bottom floor apartment in the 700 block of South Green Street after 7:30 p.m. Firefighters saw people trying to rescue the tenant.
Fire units on scene got the person out of the apartment and transported to a hospital to treat reported smoke inhalation and burns to the face and hands.
Firefighters got the fire, which caused an estimated $20,000 in damages, under control within about 10 minutes.
The fire department reported no other injuries reported, and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.
