Four people escaped from a house fire near downtown early Wednesday.
The Fort Wayne Fire Department was called at 8:40 a.m. to 335 Creighton Ave. and arrived two minutes later, according to a news release. Fire crews found smoke coming from the second floor in a bedroom and quickly put out the fire. Two adults and two children in the home had escaped unharmed. Three pets were rescued.
The cause of the blaze is under investigation.





