WASHINGTON — Several people were injured after a fire at the Knox Hill Senior Apartments Friday.

DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services responded to the fire late Friday morning. When they arrived to the building on the 2700 block of Jasper Street Southeast, they saw flames shooting from the roof from a third floor apartment.

Three people were injured and one of them was taken to a nearby hospital with serious injuries, according to spokesperson Daryl Levine. There is no word on the ages or identities of people injured.

Frank Campbell who lives in the complex said he could hear one his neighbors screaming for help.

"She was right next to the fire, where that black smoke was coming out," Campbell said. "She was screaming and hollering,but our fire department got her out."

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