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Two children taken to Dell with electrical burns
UPDATE, 4:30: Responding to an apartment fire this morning, Austin fire fighters found no fire but damaged electrical wiring after water was sprayed from a hose into an electrical box on the building’s exterior, officials said.
Two boys, ages 5 and 7, were taken to Dell Children’s Medical Center with non-life threatening electrical burns, officials said.
Power was shut off to the entire complex, located on Patton Lane in Northeast Austin, affecting 30 units.
EARLIER: Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services transported two children to Dell Children’s Medical Center Saturday morning after officials responded to a fire in Northeast Austin.
The children were injured while playing near an electrical box on Patton Lane, officials said. The fire didn’t spread, Austin Fire Department Captain Peter Teliha said, and other than cutting utilities to the residence, there were no other injuries or damage.
Teliha said he had no further details about the final investigation.
EMS spokesman Warren Hassinger said he didn’t know why the children were taken to Dell, but he assumed it was burn-related. He had no information about their condition.
