Houston fire officials say 10 children have been taken to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries and smoke inhalation after a house fire.
The blaze Monday on the city's northeast side was brought under control less than 20 minutes after firefighters responded shortly after 5:30 a.m.
Brian Robertson says he woke to the screams of his wife and the children, ages 4 to 16. Flames were coming from one of the children's rooms.
He says most of the children managed to escape although his oldest daughter and a nephew had to be lifted and passed through a broken window.
By the time firefighters arrived, everyone was out of the house.
Arson investigators are working to determine a cause of the blaze.
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