Gary Fire Department battalion chief James Delgado rests at the base of the ladder after searching the apartment building at 713 W. 35th Avenue in Gary Friday afternoon. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media

A Gary firefighter shouts from the fourth floor of the apartment building at 713 W. 35th Avenue as they search for any victims Friday afternoon. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media

Smoke billows from a fire at a apartment building at 713 W. 35th Avenue in Gary Friday afternoon. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media

Gary firefighters engineer Graydon Dixon and battalion chief James Delgado rest while coming down the ladder after searching for any possible victims of the apartment fire at 713 W. 35th Avenue in Gary Friday afternoon. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media

A Gary firefighter hoses hotspots on the west side of the apartment building at 713 W. 35th Avenue in Gary Friday afternoon. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media

Smoke still pours from the windows of the apartment building at 713 W. 35th Avenue in Gary as a firefighter makes his way up the ladder Friday afternoon. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media

Gary firefighters are helped with their oxygen tanks as they continue working the fire scene at 713 W. 35th Avenue in Gary Friday afternoon. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media

Gary Fire Department training chief Paul Bradley is moved to an ambulance at the scene of an apartment fire at 713 W. 35th Avenue in Gary Friday afternoon. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media

Gary Fire Department engineer Graydon Dixon rests on the ladder after searching for potential victims of an apartment fire at 713 W. 35th Avenue in Gary Friday afternoon. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media