Firefighters at the scene of an 18-unit apartment building fire on Friday December 5, 2014 on Northern Avenue in Augusta. Call came in around 2 a.m. according Fire Chief Roger Audette. He said that police and firefighters helped 23 people escape and seven were taken to MaineGeneral to be treated for minor injuries, smoke inhalation or hypothermia he said. State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating and has command post in Mill Park.

Firefighters at the scene of an 18-unit apartment building fire on Friday December 5, 2014 on Northern Avenue in Augusta. Call came in around 2 a.m. according Fire Chief Roger Audette. He said that police and firefighters helped 23 people escape and seven were taken to MaineGeneral to be treated for minor injuries, smoke inhalation or hypothermia he said. State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating and has command post in Mill Park.

Firefighters at the scene of an 18-unit apartment building fire on Friday December 5, 2014 on Northern Avenue in Augusta. Call came in around 2 a.m. according Fire Chief Roger Audette. He said that police and firefighters helped 23 people escape and seven were taken to MaineGeneral to be treated for minor injuries, smoke inhalation or hypothermia he said. State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating and has command post in Mill Park.

Firefighters at the scene of an 18-unit apartment building fire on Friday on Northern Avenue in Augusta.

Firefighters on Winthrop’s ladder truck work at the scene of an 18-unit apartment building fire on Friday on Northern Avenue in Augusta.

Firefighters work the scene of an 18-unit apartment building fire on Friday on Northern Avenue in Augusta.

Firefighters at the scene of an 18-unit apartment building fire on Friday on Northern Avenue in Augusta.

Firefighters at the scene of an 18-unit apartment building fire on Friday on Northern Avenue in Augusta.

Firefighters at the scene of an 18-unit apartment building fire on Friday on Northern Avenue in Augusta.

Firefighters at the scene of an 18-unit apartment building fire on Friday on Northern Avenue in Augusta.

Police and firefighters helped 23 people escape the fire on Northern Avenue in Augusta.

Firefighters at the scene of an 18-unit apartment building fire on Friday on Northern Avenue in Augusta.

Staff photo by Joe Phelan Firefighters at the scene of an 18-unit apartment building fire on Friday December 5, 2014 on Northern Avenue in Augusta. Call came in around 2 a.m. according Fire Chief Roger Audette. He said that police and firefighters helped 23 people escape and seven were taken to MaineGeneral to be treated for minor injuries, smoke inhalation or hypothermia he said. State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating and has command post in Mill Park.

Staff photo by Joe Phelan Firefighters at the scene of an 18-unit apartment building fire on Friday December 5, 2014 on Northern Avenue in Augusta. Call came in around 2 a.m. according Fire Chief Roger Audette. He said that police and firefighters helped 23 people escape and seven were taken to MaineGeneral to be treated for minor injuries, smoke inhalation or hypothermia he said. State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating and has command post in Mill Park.

Nate Boothby, right, chats with Eric Lynes, the Red Cross disaster program manager for Maine, on Friday in the Super 8 Motel in Augusta. Boothby and his mother Deborah Boothby suffered burns as they escaped the early morning fire at 36 Northern Ave.