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KANKAKEE, Ill. — Two young boys were critically injured and 22 people were displaced after a fire in suburban Kankakee early Wednesday, officials said.
The blaze broke out just before 2 a.m. in a building in the 800 block of West Station Street that housed businesses and eight apartment units.
Two boys, ages 2 and 4, were airlifted in critical condition to burn units at hospitals in Chicago. Three other people also were hospitalized: a man who jumped from the second floor to escape, a woman with smoke inhalation and a woman whose hand was burned.
A firefighter suffered minor burns and was treated at the scene.
In total, eight children and 14 adults were displaced because of the fire. Rescues were made from the back of the building, since the fire blocked at least one possible route of escape, officials said.
Breaking: extra alarm fire in Kankakee critically injures 2 boys, displaces 22 & closes W Station at Kankakee River. pic.twitter.com/p8LRtMBIfb
— Roz Varon (@rozvaronABC7) April 13, 2016
Firefighter and young boys among 6 injured in Kankakee fire https://t.co/jfyyqjkoKz pic.twitter.com/wPjKB9ZRZt
— WGN TV News (@WGNNews) April 13, 2016
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