Five people are dead and hundreds displaced after a fire at a multistory apartment building in Milwaukee on Sunday morning sent residents jumping from their windows for safety.
“We are deeply saddened by the tragic fire that occurred early this morning, May 11, at a four-story residential building in Milwaukee’s Concordia neighborhood,” the Milwaukee Fire Department said Sunday in a Facebook post.
An investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing, the fire department said. It thanked first responders from additional municipalities who acted “quickly with courage, compassion, and integrity.”
The fire department confirmed a fifth death in connection with the blaze Monday morning, after initially reporting four fatalities.
Dozens of others were hurt, the department said, after the fire broke out before 8 a.m., CNN affiliate WISN reported. Around 30 fire trucks responded to the five-alarm blaze.
Medics were seen performing CPR outside the building and some residents were carried to ambulances on stretchers, according to WISN. Firefighters entered the building and used ladders to rescue 30 people, CNN affiliate WTMJ said.
