At 5:02 AM, the Burlington Fire Department responded to structure fire at 142 North Champlain Street in Burlington's Old North End. First arriving units from Station 2 found fire venting from the first floor windows.  They attacked the fire while other units from Central Station and Station 3 searched the building for occupants. A second alarm was transmitted at 5:07 AM, bringing all of Burlington's on-duty firefighters and apparatus to the scene and initiating a recall of twenty off-duty firefighters.
 
Although the firefighters did not know it at first, all four of the occupants of the two apartments made it out of the fire prior to their arrival.  Two of the  occupants were later transported by ambulance to Fletcher Allen for treatment of smoke inhalation.  The others were not injured.
 
At 5:36 AM, a third alarm was struck, with a full recall of all off-duty firefighters.  At 5:47 AM, and additional engine company from the South Burlington Fire Department was called to the scene.  In all, approximately 60 firefighters fought the fire, and brought the visible fire under control by 6:15 AM.
 
Most of the firefighters remained on scene conducting a labor - intensive effort to extinguish the fires hidden within the walls and ceilings until approximately  8:20 AM.  The last engine company cleared the scene at 12:20 PM.
 
The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Burlington Fire Marshal's Office.

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