CLEVELAND — A toddler died in a house fire on the 13300 block of Marston Avenue on the East Side of Cleveland on Thursday morning, according to the Cleveland Fire Department.
Cleveland firefighters said the fire started at 10:25 a.m., and the house had already experienced substantial damage when they arrived.
A 46-year-old woman jumped from the second-floor porch of the home, and the toddler was found in full arrest on the second floor, Cleveland Fire said.
“It was so smoky up there. There was a lot of fire. (Firefighters) said when they opened the windows on the second floor, the black smoke just came rolling out of there,” said Lieutenant Mike Norman of the Cleveland Division of Fire.
Norman said the fire spread to the first and second floors of the house.
"We're told that a woman had been able to evacuate from the second floor. She went out on the roof over the first floor portion was able to jump off to safety," he said.
Authorities say the woman and the child were transported to a local hospital, where the child died.
A 47-year-old male was also transported to a local hospital and is in stable condition.
Damages are estimated at $200,000.
The department says no firefighters were injured, and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
