Fire at three-family home in Malden, 2 hospitalized

Crews battled flames that broke out in a home on Albion Street in Malden Thursday morning Firefighters arrived on scene at about a m finding heavy smoke coming from the building They were informed that two men were trapped inside an elderly man on the third floor and another male on the second One was able to walk out on his own while the other required assistance The smoke had calmed down by a m but firefighters were still working to absolutely put out the blaze in the three-family home The elderly man suffered from smoke inhalation and the other man s arm sustained an injury Both were brought to a local hospital to be treated for these non-life-threatening injuries No firefighters were stated injured the cause of the fire remains under assessment This is a advancing news story stay with NEWS on-air and online for the latest details