FATAL FIRE KILLS TWO CHILDREN ON SOUTH PAULINA ST, CHICAGO

SAT DEC 22 2012 ~3:30 AM
CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
STILL AND BOX/FATAL RESIDENTIAL FIRE
6420 S PAULINA ST CHICAGO, IL

HEAVY FIRE IN BASEMENT AND FIRST FLOOR ON ARRIVAL. SEARCH FOR TWO CHILDREN IN FIRE IN BRICK AND STONE TWO-FLAT, 25X60. GIRL, 2, AND BOY, 3, FOUND DEAD AFTER FIREFIGHTERS CUT THROUGH BURGLAR BARS.

7-YEAR-OLD BOY AND 4-YEAR-OLD BROTHER, WERE RESCUED BY AN AUNT BEFORE FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED.

THREE LINES ON FIRE. TOWER LADDER 39 AT THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING.

BOMB AND ARSON UNIT AND THE OFFICE OF FIRE INVESTIGATIONS (OFI) ON SCENE.

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Cutting burglar bars at the scene of a fire that killed two children on South Paulina St, Chicago (Chicago Fire Media Photo).


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