Firefighters responded to the blaze early Sunday morning in the 1200 block of East 46th Street and several ambulances were sent to the scene, the Chicago Fire Department said.

The victims, only described as female, died in the fire that erupted early Sunday morning in the 1200 block of East 46th Street, according to Chicago Fire Department officials.

Six people were taken to the hospital following an apartment fire early Sunday morning in the Kenwood neighborhood. It happened around 4 a.m. in the 1200 block of East 46th Street. Fire officials said it started in the rear of the three-story building and has since been contained.