HORRIBLE: Fire in Bnei Brak seriously injures two year old

Magen David Adom reported that a fire broke out in an apartment building in Bnei Brak this morning (Tuesday).

MDA medics and paramedics were called up to the scene, where they treated six victims of the fire - five people with light injuries from smoke inhalation, and a seriously injured two year old infant suffering from burns but still conscious.

The fire victims have been sent to Sheba and Beilinson Hospital.

Magen David Adom said they would provide updates on the story when they come in.

The Fire Service said that reports of a fire on Herzl street in Bnei Brak came at 9:20, after which rescue workers extracted and treated the victims of the fire.

The apartment was seriously damaged, and a fire origin investigator is en route to inquire into the source of the blaze.