Two children were found dead and three other people were injured, including another child, after a house fire Saturday night in the South Side Woodlawn neighborhood, fire officials said.
Firefighters responded about 10:30 p.m. to reports of people trapped inside the house fire in the 6600 block of South Champlain, according to Fire Media Affairs.
Two children were found dead in the basement of the home, fire officials and Chicago Police said. Additional details were not available and the Cook County medical examiner’s office did not immediately provide information on the fatalities.
A 6-year-old boy was critically injured and taken to Comer Children’s Hospital, authorities said. Two women, whose exact ages were not known, were taken to University of Chicago Hospital.
The cause of the blaze was under investigation.