‘Panic’: Family jumps off balcony to escape apartment fire

KENTWOOD, Mich. (WOOD) — A woman and her two kids had to jump off their balcony after a fire broke out right outside their apartment door Thursday morning.

In Ring doorbell video provided to News 8 by Jennifer Diederiks, a chaotic scene unfolds. Diederiks’ neighbors across the hall can be seen taking burning items from their apartment to the hallway, as the fire continues to grow inside.

Fire damages 12 units at Kentwood apartment building

It all started around 7:30 Thursday morning at Breton Court Apartments.

“Just panic,” she said. “We go to open the door and flames come rushing at the door. You always have a plan, but it never goes the way you plan it to.”…

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