Cops drop 3 kids to safety as fire rips through Keansburg house

🔥Three young children were hanging out a second-floor window as the fire spread

🔥Police officers caught them as they jumped into their arms

🔥An unconscious woman was carried out from a second-floor bedroom

KEANSBURG — Three children were rescued from a burning house on Friday morning.

Smoke was seen coming from the two-story house on Seeley Avenue just around 10:15 a.m. Three children were hanging out of a bedroom window, calling for help. The children tried to escape using the stairs, but their exit was blocked by flames, according to Mayor George Hoff.

Deputy Police Chief Bryan King told ABC 7 Eyewitness News that thick smoke made it hard for officers to enter the house.

"The fire department eventually got in there and started extinguishing the fire. They were able to out the fire out very, very quickly," King said. "I was actually standing there watching my officers catch three young juveniles. They did a great job."

One of the officers injured their arm catching the children, according to the mayor. He said the children appeared to all be between the ages of 5 and 12.

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Unconscious woman flown to hospital

A woman was found unconscious in an upstairs bedroom and was taken by medical helicopter to Staten Island University Hospital.

"When they took her out, they were able to get a pulse on her after performing CPR," Hoff said. "She's listed in critical condition" as of Friday afternoon.

Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office spokesman Chris Swendeman said the fire does not appear suspicious and the investigation is ongoing.

It's the second time Monmouth County police caught children jumping from a house fire.

Two Asbury Park officers caught an 8-year-old boy on Monday morning after he jumped from window at a home on Prospect Avenue

EDITOR'S NOTE: An earlier version of this story should have said that the children fell into the arms of police officers before firefighters arrived.

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