Woman jumps out third-floor window onto mattress to escape Somerville, Massachusetts apartment fire

A fire tore through an apartment building in Somerville, Massachusetts early Monday and one woman escaped by jumping out of a third-floor window and onto a mattress.

Flames broke out in the Somerville Housing Authority complex on Powder House Boulevard just before midnight. Several people were trapped, according to Fire Chief Charles Breen. The fire most likely started with an unattended candle, investigators said.

"Multiple people hanging out windows"

"We had a lot to contend with when we arrived," he told reporters. "There were multiple people hanging out windows, people screaming."

Firefighters rescued two of them from the third floor by ladder. Another person was found unconscious in a bathroom in a second-floor apartment where investigators believe the fire started. That person wa