COSHOCTON, Ohio (AP) -- Firefighters rescued a 4-year-old girl chained to a bed while the second-floor apartment she was in burned, officials said.
Gerald L. Stewart, 33, and Ridgley A. Allington, 36, who also escaped Friday's fire, have been charged with child endangering, a sheriff's official said. Their relationship to the unidentified girl was not available.
Firefighters arrived at the house at 8:55 a.m. Friday, according to a release from the Coshocton Fire Department. Blaine Hughes, who saw smoke while driving by, said he already had tried to rescue the girl. He said he saw Stewart and Allington coming out of the house, which included a second-floor apartment.
``The guy kept saying, 'Get my girl out. Get my girl out.' I told him I'll do what I can,'' Hughes said. ``I got to the second floor and the fire came out, and I couldn't get any further.''
Firefighters rescued the child, who was chained to her bed, said Deputy Troy Bricker of the Coshocton County sheriff's office. She was taken to Coshocton County Memorial Hospital before being flown to Children's Hospital in Columbus, according to the fire department.
Her condition was not available.
Stewart and Allington were in fair condition Saturday at Ohio State University Medical Center, a spokesman said.
Bricker said both adults were charged with one count of child endangering, a second-degree felony.
