A mother and child were injured in an early afternoon fire at 2016 Harlem Road in Cheektowaga, N.Y. on May 21st. Both victims were taken to the hospital with unknown injuries. Firefighters from Sloan, Forks, Doyle 1 and 2, South Line and Rescue Fire Departments responded to the blaze. Engine companies began an aggressive interior attack on a fire in the basement as ladder company members preformed a search of the apartment. The building was a two-story, multi-unit apartment complex. Several firefighters were treated for smoke inhalation.