PORTLAND — A fire in a three-story apartment building in Portland, Maine, led to several dramatic rescues, with some people saving themselves by escaping through windows.

Portland firefighters used a ladder to rescue a woman from the third-floor apartment unit on Sherman Street, while others escaped through window and lowered a baby to neighbors waiting below.

The fire was reported at 2 p.m. Friday and was quickly extinguished.

The Portland Press Herald says one woman said she was hanging from a second-floor window sill before firefighters were able to lower her to safety.

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