Crashed Lamborghini connected to Hyde Park fire, homicide
Firefighters found the victim, identified as 47-year-old Jarrell boy, with a gunshot wound to the head in the burning home.
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Firefighters found the victim, identified as 47-year-old Jarrell boy, with a gunshot wound to the head in the burning home.
On Saturday morning, police responded to a crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive involving the vehicle.
Firefighters quickly put out the fire and secured the fire scene for investigators and law enforcement.
Chicago police said the man was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head.
A man was found shot to death Saturday morning inside a burning home in the East Hyde Park neighborhood.
The South Elgin and Countryside Fire Protection District said just after 5 a.m., crews responded to the 34,000-square-foot facility at 620 Division Street for a report of a fire.
The fire happened at a nearby electrical sub-station that shut the airport down for nearly an entire day.
Firefighters responded to the fire around 6:30 a.m. in the 4900 block of South Cornell Avenue.
London's Heathrow Airport, one of the busiest airports in the world, was shut down by a power outage caused by a fire at an electrical substation.
The suspect was captured on surveillance video lighting trash he picked up from the street and tossing it into a garbage can before walking away on Early Avenue. He then lit another garbage can on fire on Glenwood Avenue.
The fire broke out at an an electrical substation supplying the airport.
The fire damage was contained to the kitchen, but heavy smoke permeated the apartment and ruined everything inside, the fire department said.
The cause of the fire was under investigation Wednesday afternoon.
Harvey Mayor Christopher Clark decided to foot the bill to demolish a neighboring house so the work on Alma West's could get started. Jermont Terry reports.
Numerous fire crews responded to the scene. At one point, five fire trucks had hose lines on the fire.
The fire broke out in a house in the 2100 block of West Superior Street, off Hoyne Avenue.
It's unclear where the fire started, but it spread to the attic and void spaces, making it difficult to access.
Fire officials said smoke and flames were visible upon arrival, and crews got water on the initial fire inside the home.
Crestwood police said just after 4 p.m. on March 5, officers and fire crews responded to a call of heavy smoke coming from the ATG Truckload company at 13835 S. Kostner Avenue.
Hoarding conditions inside the home made it difficult for responders to enter, officials said.
The Chicago Fire Department called a mayday while fighting an apartment fire in the city's Ukrainian Village neighborhood.
Tenants and neighbors were shocked by how quickly the building went up in flames.
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Elgin police officers were told by the agent that the crash occurred while they were conducting an enforcement activity.
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