Fire rips through South Side apartment building

CHICAGO The fire broke out in a building on East 81st Street Monday around 2 a.m. Firefighters arrived to find flames sweeping through the 2nd floor.

Two victims were brought down a ladder. Two others who had already gotten out are now hospitalized in serious to critical condition.

The fire left the building's other residents homeless.

Firefighters say that there were smoke detectors in the hallways but few in the actual apartments.

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