Eight children were killed after a fire sparked in an apartment building in Chicago, fire officials said.
The blaze ignited just before 4 a.m. on the second floor of a building on South Sacramento Avenue, according to Fire Commissioner Jose Santiago.
The first call to authorities came when a woman who came home from work smelled the fire, he said. The unidentified woman "started to warn people" to get out of the building, Santiago said.
When firefighters arrived, they found victims on the second floor, officials said at a news conference Sunday.
The children that were killed ranged in age from 3 months to 16 years old, ABC station WLS in Chicago reports.
"Once they got inside the structure, they started to find civilians," said Fire Chief William Vogt. "They started moving civilians out as quickly as possible."