An elderly woman was taken to a hospital in life-threatening condition after a fire in her apartment Wednesday night, according to Montgomery County fire and rescue officials.

Authorities said the blaze broke out in the apartment building on the 13500 block of Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring shortly after 11 p.m. Firefighters rescued the woman from her apartment.

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