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MILWAUKEE - One woman was killed and another critically injured early Saturday when they were apparently set on fire in an apartment building at 60th and Spokane, just north of Green Tree Road. Police said a 40-year-old woman is dead and a 24-year-old woman is in critical condition after a man poured gasoline over the women and then lit them on fire. A 21-year-old bystander saved one of the women. Keith Jones said he was on the phone outside when he saw the 24-year-old woman jump out a first floor window. "She jumped out the window and you know her legs was on fire, you know the bottom part of her legs was on fire, Jones explained. "Her body was on fire. You know I ran over there, took my shirt off and put her out." The woman is recovering at the Columbia Saint Mary's burn center with burns over 70% of her body. The rest of the residents of the 10 unit building were evacuated and remain homeless. Police report that the deceased woman and the suspect had some sort of relationship. They are searching for Martin R. Fitzgerald, 41, of Milwaukee. Police call the case a homicide. This fire was confined to the one apartment but it caused $50,000 damage to the building.