16-Year-Old Girl Rescued From Burning Apartment - NewsChannel5.com | Nashville News, Weather & Sports

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – A 16-year-old girl was rescued from her burning apartment in Murfreesboro on Monday night.

Fire crews reported heavy smoke and flames when they arrived at the Northfield Lodge Apartments. Firefighters used a ladder to rescue the girl from a second story window.

She was taken to Middle Tennessee Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.

After her rescue, crews entered the stairwell and extinguished the fire.

Residents in seven of the eight units in building F were displaced, and the Red Cross was assisting.

The Fire Marshal will determine the cause of the fire.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Fire Marshal's Office at 615-893-1422.