Milwaukee apartment building residents jump from windows amid rare large fire

A firefighter on ladder helps a person out of the window at the site of an apartment building fire in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Monday. Photograph: AP

A fire at an apartment building in Milwaukee killed four people, critically injured four others and displaced roughly 200 people on Sunday, according to authorities.

The blaze was so intense that residents of the four-story building jumped from its windows – and the first firefighters to arrive at the scene were “outmatched” by its flames, officials said.