Toddlers pulled from apartment fire in Everett

EVERETT — Authorities say twin 2-year-old girls have been pulled from an apartment fire in Everett.

The Everett Fire Department said firefighters were called Monday to an apartment fire with a report of children inside.

Everett Fire Marshal LeRoy McNulty told The Daily Herald that a state fire marshal happened to be in the area, saw smoke and rushed to get people out.

McNulty says the fire appeared to have started in a first floor unit where a woman lives with her children. He said that the woman had stepped outside briefly.

The fire department said the toddlers were rescued and treated at the scene for smoke inhalation before they were taken to Harborview Medical Center. Their conditions weren’t immediately known.

The fire department says one firefighter sustained a minor hand injury.

Authorities are investigating.