The child was trapped in a second-floor bedroom as a fire engulfed a Granbury apartment, the fire department said in a Facebook post.
GRANBURY, Texas — Firefighters rescued a 2-year-old boy from a burning apartment building in Granbury Sunday, officials said.
At least three units at the Lakewood Crossing Apartments sustained significant damage.
The child, Liam Keen, is the only person who suffered injuries. Doctors at Cook Children’s in Fort Worth are monitoring the boy for lingering symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning, though he is alert and active.
“I’ve taken life for granted,” said Phylicia Keen, Liam’s mother. “After this morning, never again.”
Keen told WFAA she woke before 1 a.m., when the window beside her second-story balcony shattered. She assumed her 4-year-old son had broken something in the kitchen, she said.
She left her bedroom, where 2-year-old Liam was also asleep, and discovered her apartment’s attic was burning. She raced to …