A woman was seriously injured in a fire that tore through a New Bedford apartment building Thursday evening.

New Bedford Fire Chief Brian Medeiros told 12 News firefighters rushed to the Elm Street home and were met with flames shooting from the second floor windows and extending up to the roof.

Medeiros said the woman was trapped in her third-floor apartment, but firefighters could not pull her to safety through the window and had to make their way into the apartment from the back stairwell.

Firefighters were able to find and carry the woman, who was unconscious, out of the burning building. Medeiros said she was brought to St. Luke’s Hospital for treatment.

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