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MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — Local and state officials are voicing their support on measures that could save lives when a fire breaks out.

This comes after a massive Mother's Day fire at 27th and Highland killed five people and displaced hundreds.

"Citizens that were literally helping the firefighters catch one another as they were coming out of windows," said Representative Margaret Arney.

The fire that broke out at the Highland Court Apartments on Mother's Day morning was devastating for hundreds of people.

"It's unfortunate and unfair that our state laws have prevented local municipalities, particularly Milwaukee, from having higher safety protocols needed for the old housing that we have," said Representative Arney.

Apartment buildings built before 1974 aren't required to instal

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