(Image source from: Two firefighters killed in building blaze)

Two Toledo firefighters lost their lives while trying to put off a blaze at an apartment complex near downtown Toledo on Sunday.

Firefighters Stephen Machcinski, 42, and James Dickman, 31, were burned alive while trying to extinguish fire in the six-unit building, Toledo Fire Department Chief Luis Santiago said at a news conference Sunday night.

While Machcinski was a 16-year veteran, Dickman had been on the job for only six months.

Santiago said that the fire department will fully investigate the blaze, which was reported around 3:30 p.m.

Ray Abouarab, the building's owner, told that there were seven tenants in six apartments in the building on Magnolia Street near the Huron Market and all are believed to be OK.

The firefighters became disoriented while battling the blaze and got roasted in the fire, a battalion chief revealed.

AW: Suchorita Choudhury