Neighbors rescue woman stuck on balcony of burning apartments

  Pooja LodhiaHOUSTON (KTRK) -- You don't get better neighbors than some of the residents of a north Houston apartment complex. They saved a woman from an overnight fire.

Firefighters got to the complex on Northborough near Meadowfern at around 11pm to find flames shooting from roof. Six units in all were up in flames and five of those were occupied.

Residents of the complex jumped into action before firefighters arrived, some even saving the life of an elderly woman stuck on her second-floor balcony.

"We stayed on the other side. I saw smoke coming from the apartment and I heard someone hollering," said resident Anthony Cornelous. "And my brother-in-law, we had jumped the gate. The lady, when she jumped, we were there to catch her."

About 50 firefighters helped bring the blaze under control. Fortunately no one was hurt.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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