Toddler, elderly man rescued from fire in Burnside, both in critical condition

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Two people, an elderly man and a toddler, are in critical condition after being rescued from a residential fire in Burnside, Chicago police said.

Officials said firefighters responded to a fire in a residential building in the 700-block of East 91st Street shortly before 4:30 p.m.

Witnesses driving by saw smoke pouring through the windows and roof before firefighters even arrived.

"My friend was throwing her shoes at the window because we didn't know if anyone was in the building or not," one witness said.

Firefighters said they found a 94-year-old man and a 2-year-old boy unconscious in a back bedroom.

"As soon as they located the child, firefighters brought the child out and began performing CPR," said Chicago Deputy District Chief Bryan McKermitt.

"He's a nice old man," said neighbor Lisa Hudson. "A very nice old man. He sits and watches the kids, he takes care of the kids. He's a very nice old man."

Both were taken to University of Chicago Hospital in critical condition, police said.

Chopper 7HD was over the scene of a fire in Chatham. One adult and one child were rescued from the building.

Firefighters searched for a second child but no one else was found in the building, fire officials said.

"That's what the neighbors was telling me," Hudson said. "That he was in the kitchen cooking and he went and went to sleep, and that's how."

Fire officials have not released the official cause of the fire. Ten people were displaced as a result of the fire.