A 6-year-old boy died Thursday afternoon in a fire in a Ewing apartment building that injured a total of 17 others, including 13 police officers who rushed inside the high-rise to evacuate residents, the police department said.
Callers to 911 reported smoke and flames coming from Cambridge Hall, a seven-story building in the 800 block of Lower Ferry Road, at about 3 p.m.
Among the first to arrive were township police, who were told of a possible juvenile trapped on the fourth floor, Police Chief Al Rhodes said. Officers started evacuating the building an attempted to reach the fourth floor, but were met by heavy smoke and flames.