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Woman critically hurt in Kan. apartment fire

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A woman has been critically injured in a Wichita apartment fire.

KAKE-TV reports that the fire was reported around 7:15 p.m. Saturday in the western part of the city. Battalion Chief Brad Boyd says arriving crews found a woman in her 60s outside of her residence. She was rushed to a hospital for smoke inhalation and burns to her face.

Firefighters quickly extinguished a small fire that was contained to a back bedroom. Boyd says there is smoke damage throughout the woman’s apartment. No other units were damaged.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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