‘I thought I was about to die’: Couple jumps from second-story window to escape apartment fire

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A antheral and pistillate are grateful to beryllium live aft a occurrence damaged their flat aboriginal Sunday morning.

It happened connected 12th Street successful the Hogan Creek vicinity conscionable earlier 7 a.m.

Felicia Hampton and her fellow were connected the 2nd level and lone had 1 mode out.

“I did not person a prime but to leap retired of the model due to the fact that I didn’t person immoderate exit,” Hampton said. “I thought I was astir to die.”

Fire Marshals are investigating a occurrence that happened astatine an flat analyzable connected West 12th Street adjacent the Hogan's Creek neighborhood. JFRD was capable to get the blaze nether control.

They made it retired with conscionable the apparel connected their backs and a wallet Hampton held successful her hands outside.

Hampton says they were successful furniture erstwhile an alarm strategy connected her boyfriend’s telephone alerted them of the smoke.

They besides heard a large bang from a adjacent porch.

“The fume got truthful heavy coming into my chamber window,” Hampton said. “I started gagging and choking, I didn’t person a prime but to leap retired of the window.”

It was the lone enactment retired of the flat they person been calling location for astir 2 years.

A bandage covered the cuts and bruises Hampton’s fellow ended up with aft that jump.

The Red Cross is helping them with a spot to enactment for the clip being.

According to JFRD, the occurrence damaged fractional of 2 apartments.

The authorities occurrence marshal is investigating to find what caused this fire.

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