Overview
- Fire broke out around 5:30 a.m. in a first-floor hallway of a two-story, eight-unit building near 77th Street and Green Tree Road, blocking the main exit.
- Firefighters performed seven ladder rescues from second-story windows and one interior rescue, and two infants were among those saved.
- Four residents were taken to hospitals with injuries that are not life-threatening, and two others suffered broken legs after jumping to escape.
- One Milwaukee firefighter sustained minor burn injuries during the rescues.
- The building lacked a sprinkler system and is now uninhabitable; a county transit bus and at least six paramedic units supported the displacement response as the cause remains under investigation.