BRIEF: Memphis police rescue two residents from Whitehaven apartment building fire.

Byline: Kevin McKenzie

Aug. 31--Two Memphis police officers rescued a pair of residents from a fire that broke out this morning in Whitehaven, a Memphis Fire Department spokesman said.

A man with second and third-degree burns on his feet and legs and a 57-year-old woman who suffered smoke inhalation were in noncritical condition after the blaze at 4340 East Wind in the Peppertree apartments, said Fire Lt. Wayne Cooke.

Both police officers also were transported to hospitals in noncritical condition for treatment of smoke inhalation, Cooke said. Police department officials and records identified the officers as Russell Cathey and Jeremy Mackey, assigned to …