Mother watches helplessly as apartment inferno kills her two children after she was locked outside

A single mother watched helplessly as an inferno consumed her Chicago apartment with two of her children, age 1 and 3, inside after she was locked out when she fled the burning building to save her 6-year-old son Tuesday morning.

Alicia Myles, who is seven months pregnant, tried to run back inside to rescue her other children but found that the door had locked behind her.

A police sergeant and and a tow truck driver ran to her aid and tried desperately to break down the door. The officer injured his shoulder in the attempt. But when they made it inside, it was too late. A wall of flames drove back the would-be rescuers.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2091213/Chicago-apartment-killed-children-mother-locked-out.html