DES MOINES, Iowa – Children were tossed from the third floor of an apartment fire to escape the flames on the north side of Des moines Tuesday morning.
Lt. Rick Thomas with the Des Moines Fire Department says crews were called to the apartment building at 3720 MLK Jr. Parkway at 3:14 a.m. Tuesday. When they arrived, officers from the Des Moines Police Department had already caught three children that people had dropped from a third-floor window.
“Before we had arrived, there were people in one of the apartments tossing down their kids. Police department caught three of them and then when fire crews arrived, they pulled one or two more out,” said Lt. Thomas.
The entire building has been evacuated and damage from the fire seems to be contained to the third floor. Officials did not know what other damage to the other floors of the building there might be at this time.
Residents who live on the first and second floors have been allowed back inside to grab some belongings but will not be able to stay there.
The cause of the fire is not known yet.
WHO Channel 13 reports there were no injuries in the fire.