NEWTON, Kan. —One person was injured in a fire in Newton Thursday morning.
Just after 3a.m. on Christmas Eve, firefighters were called to an apartment at 217 Muse for an automatic fire alarm, according to a media release.
Responding crews saw smoke coming from the apartment and removed a woman. EMS transported her to a Wichita hospital in critical condition.
Fire crews were able to contain the fire inside the original apartment and no other tenants were displaced. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.