Kraftsdorf (dpa / th) - In Kraftsdorf (Greiz district), a family with an eleven and an eight-year-old child was injured in an apartment fire.

The fire broke out in the living room on Wednesday morning for an initially unknown cause, said a police spokeswoman.

The children and their parents were woken up by a smoke alarm and were able to leave the apartment themselves.

However, all four came to hospital with smoke inhalation.

The police has started investigation.