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One person was killed and four were hurt, including two children, after a fire tore through a home in South Shore early Saturday.

The blaze broke out at around  2:30 a.m. in the third floor of an apartment building on the 2400 block of East 78th Street, according to a Chicago Fire Department spokesperson.

The two children, two and seven years of age were taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in critical condition.

A bicyclist rides past the scene of an apartment fire that injured at least five people, one fatally, in the 2400 block of East 78th Street Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)
A bicyclist rides past the scene of an apartment fire that injured at least five people, one fatally, in the 2400 block of East 78th Street Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

A man, 27,, was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition, and another was taken to Advocate Trinity Hospital in fair condition.

At least 23 people were displaced in the fire, officials said.

The cause of the fire is under investigation, CFD said.