A 3-year-old boy was killed Wednesday morning in a Baltimore apartment fire that sent seven people to the hospital and displaced more than 20 residents, police and a fire department spokesman said.

Firefighters arrived at the scene of the blaze in the 5500 block of Haddon Avenue shortly after 3 a.m. Upon learning that children were trapped inside, the firefighters ran into the building before they even set up a hose, Chief Kevin Cartwright said.

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