Fire Forces 2 People To Jump From Second-Floor Window In Jersey City
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork) -- Two people were forced to jump out of a window to safety after an apartment caught fire in Jersey City.
Cell phone video taken at the scene shows smoke coming out of a second-floor apartment as firefighters tried to bring the fire under control.
Hector Ottey said he wasn't home at the time of the fire, but got a frantic call from his mother and rushed home. His infant daughter, mother and brother were inside at the time.
"I look,my mom is jumping out the window. She broke her wrist and got a big gash on her wrist...and my 2-month-old daughter had smoke in her lungs," Ottey told CBS2.
Both Ottey's mother and brother were taken to the hospital.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
