MARION, Ohio -- Two men displayed heroic actions when children were trapped in a burning apartment Friday.
NBC 4 reported with the FAST FACTS.
According to the state fire marshal's office, the blaze occurred at a multi-unit apartment building on Blaine Avenue in Marion.
Marion fire officials said Sidney Chard was the first one who went into a burning apartment building Friday and grabbed a toddler, trying to save the child. Chard suffers from a mental disability.
Greg Mark, a former volunteer firefighter and neighbor, then went into the building and helped rescue two children.
Mark pulled a teenager and young child out of the burning home.
According to the Marion fire department, a 7-month-old girl and 3-year-old boy died in the fire.
Four children and four adults occupied the apartment.
The residents had pre-paid cell phones, but none of them had any minutes left. They could not call 911.
Firefighters said by the time they arrived, the fire was so intense no one could have survived.
A cause has not been determined.
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