Four Die In South Chicago Apartment Building Fire

Four people were killed, including a 3-month-old baby, in an extra-alarm fire early Tuesday in the South Chicago neighborhood. The fire started around 1:40 a.m. in a three-story apartment building in the 8100 block of South Essex Avenue. One witness said he tried to get his own ladder to help people trapped on the third floor, but before he knew it, a man jumped from a window with the baby in his arms. The infant later was taken to Comer Children’s Hospital, and was pronounced dead.