St. Louis firefighters rescue several people from apartment fire

ST. LOUIS — Firefighters and police worked together to rescue two young children after a fire broke out early Wednesday morning in a north St. Louis apartment building.

The St. Louis Fire Department responded just before 5 a.m. to the fire on the 4400 block of W. Florissant Avenue, in the Penrose neighborhood, near its border with the O'Fallon neighborhood.


When firefighters arrived, there was heavy fire on the second floor, said St. Louis Fire Capt. Garon Mosby. They learned there were people trapped inside the burning apartment and went inside to rescue them.

Inside the apartment, a fire captain heard a faint cry and found a toddler and a 7-month-old behind a closed door. One firefighter rescued the toddler and was able to escape the way he came in, Mosby said.