SOMERVILLE — A fire in an apartment complex Wednesday night resulted in three hospitalizations, one of which was a firefighter.
At about 10:37 p.m., Somerville Fire Department personnel responded to 373 Highland Avenue, a 53-unit apartment complex, where firefighters located a fire in the first-floor apartment.
Using a thermal imaging camera, firefighters found a man on the couch and a woman in a bedroom of the first-floor apartment, fire officials said. Both individuals were rescued and taken to a local hospital for treatment.
The fire was confined to the first-floor apartment, but smoke spread throughout the building.
Fire officials credit the building’s functioning sprinkler system for preventing the spread of the fire.
In addition to the two residents, a firefighter was also taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. He has since been treated and released.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
