Grandma rescues four kids from burning home: "She was screaming, saying the kids were inside"

MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee police are investigating a suspicious house fire on the city's north side. Two children were pulled from the burning home by firefighters. Four other children made it out with the help of their grandmother.

Firefighters responded to a home on 36th Street, just north of Silver Spring around 2 a.m. Tuesday, October 20th. The initial reports indicated several children were trapped inside.

"When I got outside she was screaming saying the kids, the grandkids were in the house -- so I went to the back of the house. I was just trying to get in the house to get the kids out," Franklin Moore, who lives next door said.

Moore says the heat and smoke were just too much.

When crews arrived on scene, less than five minutes after getting the call, they encountered heavy fire on the first floor. Some went up the interior stairwell, while others deployed the ladder. They were able to locate two children -- a two-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy on the second floor.

The children sustained serious injuries and were taken to the hospital for treatment. We're told they were initially taken to Children's Hospital, before being transferred to St. Luke's Hyperbaric Unit and then back to Children's Hospital.

"They were able to locate two children, bring them down the ladder and rush them off to waiting Milwaukee Fire Paramedic units," said Deputy Chief Aaron Lipski

The 52-year-old grandmother and the four children she rescued sustained minor to no injuries as a result of the fire.

"All six children and grandma were on second floor above fire when it started, and grandma was able to get four kids out. She was unable, based on the heavy smoke and the high heat conditions to work her way back and grab those final two children -- but she really put it out there to get as many kids out of that house as she could," said Lipski.

The cause of the fire is unknown and remains under investigation -- however officials are calling it suspicious.

There are no suspects in custody at this time.

Milwaukee police and Milwaukee Fire Department personnel and State of Wisconsin fire investigators are continuing to investigate.

Fire at 36th and Silver Spring Drive

This fire comes after a number of separate fires over the past few days. As of Monday, October 19th, American Red Cross officials said there had been 17 fire responses by their volunteers since Friday.