Milwaukee officials and fire investigators are providing new information on Tuesday, May 13 about the Highland Court apartment fire in which five people died and several others were injured.

Almetha Parker has spent the last two nights at the American Red Cross shelter after escaping the tragic fire at Highland Court apartments Sunday morning.

Approximately 30 people were rescued by ladders or dragged out by firefighters. The building, constructed in 1968, was not required to have sprinklers.

A fifth victim died after a five-alarm fire hit Milwaukee's Highland Court Apartments on Mother's Day, leaving 100 homeless.

An "intentional act" cannot be ruled out as the cause of a fatal fire that occurred Sunday morning near 27th and Highland, according to Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski.

Five people are dead, and seven others still in the hospital - with one in critical condition - after a massive fire tore through the Highland Court apartment complex. The Red Cross

MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee Police Department with the assistance of the Wisconsin Department of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are investigating a fatal fire that occurred on Sunday, May 11.

The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed five deaths following the fire near 27th Street and Highland Boulevard on Mother's Day.

Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski took to social media early Monday, May 12, to note that a fifth person has died as a result of Sunday's apartment fire in Milwaukee.He said MFD was

The Milwaukee Fire Department was called to 27th. St. and Highland Blvd. around 7:45 a.m. MFD Chief Aaron Lipski said four people were killed and four more were in critical condition.