Fire Department: 3 brothers killed in fire were trapped

CHICAGO (AP) – The Chicago Fire Department says three young brothers who died in a fire were trapped in an illegal basement apartment with only one exit that was blocked by flames. Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford says a fourth boy remains in extremely critical condition from the fire. All four boys suffered smoke inhalation. The fire broke out early Sunday in the back of a West Side apartment. Langford said Tuesday that the boys’ mother was badly burned and inhaled smoke. She was forced to break a window to escape and remains hospitalized with burns to her face.

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