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Woman, Infant Rescued from Omaha Apartment Fire

A woman and her infant are in a hospital recovering after being rescued from their burning apartment in northwest Omaha.

Omaha television station KETV reports that firefighters were called to the apartment complex around 4:30 p.m. Friday. Crews had the fire controlled within half an hour.

Firefighters pulled the woman and her infant son from the second-floor apartment. The mother and son were taken to a hospital in critical condition.

Omaha Fire’s Assistant Chief Dan Stolinski the fire started in the woman’s apartment, but the cause has not yet been determined.

The damage was contained to the apartment, and no others in the complex were displaced.

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