2 Harris County deputies, firefighter injured in North Harris County apartment fire KTRK
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Two deputies were hospitalized after working to evacuate residents from a fast moving apartment fire early Sunday in north Harris County.
It happened around 1:30 a.m. at the Providence Champions apartments on FM-1960 near Champions Forest Drive.
It began when a car caught fire, and the flames spread to the apartment units, according to authorities on the scene.
Deputies with the Harris County Sheriff s Office were assisting in alerting residents to the fire and getting them to safety when two of them were overcome with smoke, authorities said. They were taken to a hospital for smoke inhalation. A firefighter on the scene also injured his knee during the response. Authorities on the scene told ABC13 that all were alert and were expected to make a full recovery.