MILWAUKEE, Wis. (CBS 58) -- The Milwaukee Fire Department says one person is dead and two other people hospitalized following an apartment fire during the morning hours of Sat. Nov. 8.

The fire broke out at the building near S. 1st Street and Layton Avenue, at around 6:19 a.m.

Upon arrival, crews found one person dead on scene and transported two other victims for injuries. 

MFD says numerous other people were rescued from windows, and other residents were able to self-evacuate

MFD Chief Aaron Lipski sounding off on the lack of a fire sprinkler system in the 20-unit apartment building. 

"We do not have a fatality here right now, and two other people hanging on if we had a sprinkler," Lipski said. "It would have stopped it right in place."

Lipski said around 70 firefighters and paramedics responded to the second-alarm fire 

The fire is now deemed under control.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.