HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (WXYZ) — Multiple firefighters and multiple residents have been hospitalized after sustaining injuries in a house fire in Hamtramck, the city's fire marshall tells us.
Watch as firefighters fight the Hamtramck housefire
The fire started Wednesday morning around 8 a.m. at a home in the 3800 block of Belmont Street.
The Detroit Fire Department said one of their firefighters is being treated for burns. We know that multiple Hamtramck firefighters and residents in the house were taken to the hospital, but officials have not disclosed exactly how many people were injured.
We caught up with homeowner Muwafeg Abuhamra after the fire. He says that he and his kids jumped off a second-floor balcony to safety, with no one getting hurt.
"We had a guy meet us halfway and he was taking the kids down," Abuhamra said. "I got up and the smoke started hitting, I just ran and got my kids out of the room as fast as I can."
Everybody who was in the house — nine people in total, per Abuhamra — at the time of the fire got out. Abuhamra claims that his brother jumped from the attic and was one of the people taken to the hospital.
Web Extra: Watch our full interview with Abuhamra below
This is a developing story; stay with WXYZ.com as we learn more.
