The Chicago Tribune has an article describing the efforts of a police officer in Lyons who is responsible for getting residents safely out of an apartment building that was on fire:

A veteran police officer in west suburban Lyons spotted a building on fire early this morning and rushed inside, alerting police and fire dispatchers and then leading a man and child to safety before being overcome by smoke, officials said.

Minutes later, a woman trapped on the second floor dropped a toddler into the arms of police officers and firefighters. The woman was brought down on a ladder, Lyons Police Commander Brian Kuratko said.

“I just wanted to make sure she was safe,” said the toddler’s mother, Mary Jones. “So I just hurried up and gave her to the police so she would get out of the building. . .I knew if I would have opened the door, like the fire would have just been blazing, so I went back to the window.”

thanks Chris