A Hamilton<\/a>\u00a0mother says she is too afraid to return to her apartment after a deadly fire broke out at Eastwood Apartments on Sunday morning, leaving two children and one adult dead.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The three-alarm blaze started at around 10 a.m. in a second-floor unit of the building, according to the Hamilton Fire<\/a> Department. Flames and thick smoke quickly spread, forcing firefighters<\/a> to make multiple rescues.<\/p>\n Fiza Edroos, a first-time mother to a one-year-old daughter, says she thought she and her family might not make it out alive.<\/p>\n \u201cI was panicking,\u201d Edroos said. \u201cI told my husband, \u2018You grab the baby and run.\u2019 The only thing on my mind was that we had 12 stories to get down.\u201d<\/p>\n Edroos described the terrifying moments when she lost sight of her husband and baby as she tried to help a senior resident put on her shoes and coat. \u201cI didn\u2019t know where they were for a good 30 to 40 minutes. I was so scared,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n She says the building\u2019s fire alarms went off too late to alert residents.<\/p>\n For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cThe smoke reached before the alarms.\u201d<\/p>\n The Hamilton Fire Department said more than 60 firefighters battled the blaze. While they were able to contain the flames, three people \u2014 two children and one adult \u2014 died, and 13 others were transported to hospital.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t![\"For](\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\")
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