Two firefighters treated for injuries in city apartment fire

Two Baltimore firefighters and one resident were injured early Wednesday during an apartment fire in the 2800 block of Reistertown Road, according to a department spokesman.

The fire was reported around 1:15 a.m. and was under control shortly before 2:00 a.m. Several people were rescued from the building.

According to Chief Kevin Cartwright, a fire department spokesman, one firefighter suffered a non-life-threatening injury to his knee and a second firefighter was treated for a first-degree burn to his hand. A resident of the apartment building was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center to be treated for smoke inhalation.

The cause of the fire is under investigation, officials said Wednesday.

steve.kilar@baltsun.com