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Brooklyn Apartment Fire Under Investigation After Firefighters Rescue 3 Children, 1 Woman

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Three children and one woman are hospitalized in critical condition Sunday after they were rescued from a fire in Brooklyn.

It started in an 8th floor apartment at the Linden Houses in East New York on Saturday afternoon.

A woman, 37, along with two boys, 13 and 14, and a girl, 11, were all taken to the hospital.

The FDNY posted a picture on Instagram of the firefighters who responded to the scene.

The firefighters said they were able to rescue the four, despite thick, black smoke and little to no visibility in the apartment.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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