2 people hospitalized after fire in Chicago's Belmont Cragin neighborhood
Two people were hospitalized after a fire ripped through a house in Chicago's Belmont Cragin neighborhood early Wednesday.
The fire broke out in a workers' cottage-style frame house in the 2000 block of North Lorel Avenue, off Gand Avenue.
Crews had to break windows, and were even up on a ladder near the roof.
Two people were taken to the hospital from the scene, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
The people hospitalized were a 26-year-old woman and a 10-year-old boy. Both were taken to Stroger Hospital of Cook County for smoke inhalation, according to Chicago police.
Four people were displaced by the fire.
The cause of the fire was under investigation Wednesday morning.