Firefighter Injured

Apartment in St. Louis is gutted, firefighter hurt in fire 

PHOTO: A firefighter was hurt battling a fire that gutted the apartment of a family of four this afternoon in the 1200 block of North 16th Street, fire officials said. Batallion Chief Mike Killingsworth said 16-year-old twin brothers and a man got out of the apartment safely and called for help about 4:50 p.m.The fire caused extensive damage to their apartment but the flames did not reach the others in the three-story building in the Carr Square complex. The injured firefighter suffered from smoke inhalation and was taken to a hospital, officials said. The firefighter's injuries were not considered life-threatening. No one else was hurt. There was a brief scare at the scene because of reports of a missing child. It was quickly learned that the child was still at school. Killingsworth said the cause of the fire was unknown. The Red Cross was at the scene to offer help to displaced residents. The property manager said the family in the apartment where the fire started lost all their belongings. Other apartments had smoke damage but residents were expected to be able to return to them next week.