One Dead, Three Injured In Park Manor Fire
CHICAGO (CBS) -- One man died and three people were injured in a house fire in the Park Manor neighborhood Wednesday morning, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
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The fire was in the 7000 block of South Wabash Avenue and firefighters responded around 5:30 a.m. to heavy smoke and fire showing from the second floor. The fire spread to the first floor, officials said.
One man was found dead on the second floor during a search.
The three injured were transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center, but no conditions were available.
The blaze was out shortly before 6:30 a.m.
Traffic was blocked on 70th Street between State and Wabash and Wabash was blocked off between 70th and 71st shortly before 6:30 a.m.
This is a developing story.