Firefighters rescued several people using ladders after a fire in an apartment stairwell early this morning.

The fire broke out just before 5 a.m. Thursday at a garden apartment complex along Columbia Pike, on the 1000 block of S. Quebec Street.

At least five people were evaluated by medics. Two were taken to a local hospital.

“Several occupants were trapped & brought down via ladders,” the Arlington County Fire Department said via social media . “Two occupants were transported with non life threatening injuries.”

Fire marshals are investigating the cause of the blaze, ACFD said.