Fire at Chicago West Side funeral home deemed accidental, officials say
CHICAGO (CBS) — Fire crews responded to a fire at a funeral home early Thursday morning on the city's West Side.
It happened just before 4 a.m. at the Fountain Jordan Shepard Funeral Home, 418 S. Cicero Avenue, in the Austin neighborhood.
Fire officials say the cause of the fire was electrical in nature and determined to be accidental.
No injuries or transports were reported. It is unclear if there were any cadavers at the funeral home.
According to the CTA, the fire temporarily rerouted the #54 Cicero buses via Cicero, Jackson, Kostner, Harrison, and the regular route.
The fire and the reroutes of the buses ended around 5 a.m.
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