The city of North Liberty says firefighters responded to the fire at 1010 Rachel Street just before 4:30 a.m. Monday. Police who arrived on the scene first warned smoke was coming from the second floor of the building and a sprinkler system was working.
Firefighters broke their way in to find smoke in the living room, but the fire mostly out from the sprinklers.
Crews found two children in a bedroom and a dog inside the apartment and got them out.
There’s no word on the extent of injuries for those taken to the hospital.
Investigators are trying to determine how it started, and how much damage the fire caused.
The North Liberty Police Department, Coralville Fire Department, Johnson County Ambulance Service and Johnson County Emergency Communications Center all helped on the call.