A young girl died in a fire Tuesday morning in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood in a blaze that also left a man injured, according to officials.
Firefighters responded to the 500 block of West Marquette Road shortly after 7 a.m. where smoke was observed billowing from a second floor apartment, officials said. Responding firefighters were alerted that a child was still inside the residence.
Though efforts were made to battle the blaze to get to the girl in time, the girl was reportedly deceased by the time firefighters made their way inside the apartment.
A man who tried to save the child was injured in the fire, and has been hospitalized where his condition is currently unknown.
The owner of the apartment building told NBC Chicago that the family had lived in the building for around five years, and said he knew the child killed in the fire since shortly after she was born.
The cause of the blaze remains under investigation by fire officials.
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