YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Police say a toddler left home alone in Yakima was critically injured in a fire. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports police and firefighters responded to the blaze in a duplex at about 4:50 a.m. Friday. Yakima Police Capt. Jay Seely says once firefighters knocked down the flames, they went inside and found a toddler zipped into a crib with no way to escape. Seely says firefighters performed CPR on the boy until paramedics arrived. Seely says the boy was taken to a local hospital and stabilized before being transferred to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle in critical condition. No other injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Police: Toddler left home alone hurt in fire, hospitalized
