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WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW
BREAKING NEWS OUT OF THE 1800
BLOCK OF WEST WASHINGTON STREET.
THERE.
HERE ARE THE PICTURES THAT WERE
SENT IN US.
PHOTOGRAPHER ON THE SCENE OF
JUST HOW INTENSE THOSE FLAMES
WERE WHEN FIREFIGHTERS GOT
THERE.
HEAVY FIRE COMING FROM THE
SECOND STORY AGAIN LIKE I
MENTIONED THIS IS A DEADLY FIRE
A 7-YEAR-OLD LITTLE BOY WAS
CAUGHT TRAPPED IN THE FLAMES AND
DID NOT MAKE IT OUT.
FOUR HOARS WERE INJURED.
THOSE FOLKS HAD TO JUMP TO
WINDOW.
ALL 16 PEOPLE WERE LIVING IN
THIS APART.
UNITS TOTAL.
AT THE SCENE WE TALKED TO ONE OF
COMMOTION.
HE LIVED ON THE FIRST FLOOR AND
HEARD THE COMMOTION FROM UP
STAIRS.
I TOLD MY BUDDY WE NEED TO DO
GET OUT.
I GOT OUT I HEARD PEOPLE UP
STAIRS SCREAMING YELLING HELP
AND THEY WERE JUMPING OUT THE
WINDOWS AND A LOT OF FIRE COMING
OUT OF THE WINDOWS AND SMOKE AND
I GUESS ONE LITTLE BOY DIDN'T
MAKE IT OUT.
16 PEOPLE LIVED IN THIS
UNITS.
WHEN FIREFIGHTERS MADE IT THERE
ACTUALLY THEY WERE ALERTED BY
IMPD OFFICERS.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT A LIVE
PICTURE FROM OUR PHOTOGRAPHER
WHO IS ON THE SCENE.
WE ALSO LEARNED THERE WERE NO
SMOKE DETECTORS.
THEY TRIED TO MAKE AN AGGRESSIVE
ATTACK TO ENTRY INTO THE
BUILDING.
THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO PULL OUT
ONE 7 YIELD LITERAL BOY HAS BEEN
KILLED FOUR INJURED FROM THOSE
WINDOW.
ONE FIREFIGHTER WAS HURT WITH
MINOR BURNS BUT THAT FIREFIGHTER
IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY.
INVESTIGATORS WILL TRY TO PIECE
TOGETHER HOW THIS FIRE STARTED.