PORTLAND — Firefighters pulled a teenage boy out of a burning apartment in Southeast Portland on Monday night.
KATU-TV reports the fire broke out around 6 p.m. Monday.
Portland Fire & Rescue spokesman Lt. Damon Simmons says flames were shooting out of windows and from a balcony when firefighters arrived.
Simmons says the boy pulled from the building had life-threatening injuries. He was taken to a local hospital.
Simmons says two apartments were damaged in the blaze. He says the fire also did minor damage to an adjacent building.