2 children critically burned in Phoenix apartment fire

Fire officials say a blaze at a central Phoenix apartment complex critically injured two children and left two adults with lesser injuries. Phoenix Fire Department spokesman Capt. Kenny Overton says the children were taken to a local burn center. Their ages and sex weren’t immediately available. The blaze broke out in a three-story apartment building at about 9 a.m. Friday and a number of people were trapped on a second-floor balcony. Bystanders helped many of them evecuate. Others were re