"I pounded and pounded on the door for people to get out!" Red Cross responds to apartment fire

MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- The American Red Cross is assisting residents after an apartment fire Monday morning, August 25th.

It happened in the 6100 block of W. Lisbon Avenue, around 10:00 a.m.

Milwaukee Fire officials tell FOX6 News the fire broke out on the second floor of a four-family apartment building.

The American Red Cross says one of its volunteers actually helped to pull a man from the fire.