Two children and their father were injured in an early morning blaze in Jerusalem.

A Jerusalem Fire Service spokesman reports that the fire broke out in an apartment on Divrei Chaim Street in the Romeima area of the capital early Wednesday morning, January 2, 2019.

Upon their arrival on the scene, firefighters immediately began combing the apartment for trapped residents, extricating two children from the blaze, who were transported to a hospital for treatment for smoke inhalation.

Their father was also mildly injured.

The two chareidi children were reportedly in moderate condition.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)