VIDEOS/PHOTOS: Three houses caught fire on Milwaukee's south side Sunday morning. One person died and a firefighter was severely burned.
According to Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski, the fire department dispatch got a call at 4:49 a.m. saying an "entire house was on fire" near 8th and Hayes streets.
The fire spread to two neighboring homes -- one to the north and one to the south.
There were credible reports that people were trapped inside, Lipski said.
Lipski said one person inside one of the homes died.
That person's identity has not yet been released.
While trying to rescue the victim, who was in the attic of the house to the south (2471 S. 8th St.), the attic floor "became 100% involved" in flames, trapping a firefighter, Lipski said.
The firefighter was rescued and taken to Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital.