A 1-year-old girl is expected to survive a fall from a third-floor apartment building balcony Thursday afternoon in Burlington.

        Cheyanne Ray was listed in fair condition Friday morning at Children's Hospital Medical Center.

        Police were told that the toddler had been playing with her mother, Heather Stephens, 18, on the balcony and that they both then went inside. The tod dler went back outside and, when her mother chased her, Cheyanne apparently believed she was still playing and ran through the balcony bars.

        The fall happened shortly before 4 p.m. at 5932 Peoples Court. Cheyanne's father, James Ray, 19, was not home. The toddler lives at the address with her parents.

        Cheyanne fell 19 feet to a concrete parking lot after slipping between iron bars that were 5 3/4 inches apart, said De tective Tracy Watson of Boone County Criminal Investigations.

        The apartment building was built before current building codes were written. The new code requires bars on a railing to be no more than 4 inches apart. Detective Watson said no law requires owners to bring older apartment complexes up to newer code requirements.

        Detective Watson said he hopes to talk with the landlord to see what can be done to prevent other falls.

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