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A fire broke out in a house on Burley Avenue Friday night.
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A fire broke out in a house on Burley Avenue Friday night.
The fire crews arrived to find the second story of the vacant house engulfed in raging flames – with heat threatening the houses on either side.
There were no reports of injuries. The cause and origin of the fire were not immediately learned.
The fire heavily damaged the house at Lawson Lane and Page Avenue in Dixmoor. Kris Habermehl reports from Chopper 2.
The fire broke out in a ranch house in Dixmoor.
Smoke poured from the house in Buffalo Grove, which had been vacant since another fire in 2022.
Firefighters do not know what caused the fire.
People were seen screaming for help as they found themselves trapped in the burning building and hung out of the windows.
Three children and five adults ended up in hospitals. The baby who was most seriously injured remained at the University of Chicago's Comer Children's Hospital Wednesday night.
The fire started in a kitchen in a unit on the second floor of the 14-story building, Chicago Fire Department First District Chief Jim McDonough said at a news conference.
Eight people were rushed to the hospital from the scene of the fire in a high-rise on Jeffery Boulevard, and a baby was in critical condition. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
Chicago Fire Department First District Chief Jim McDonough has updates on a fire that broke out in a high-rise on Jeffery Boulevard.
People were seen screaming for help as they found themselves trapped in the burning building and hung out of the windows. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
The exterior rescues likely mean a lot of smoke charged through the building on Jeffery Boulevard. Kris Habermehl reports from Chopper 2.
Video from the Citizen app shows smoke billowing out of a front window.
The fire happened at Skokie Boulevard and Dempster Street in Skokie just before 9 a.m.
The fire appeared to be confined to the back porches, but there had been a potential for real disaster when the flames were raging.
The fire appeared to be confined to the porch structure of the building on Wellington Avenue in East Lakeview. Kris Habermehl reports from Chopper 2.
Family called him kind, a great cook, and a selfless family man.
Nearly a dozen other firefighters and two civilians were injured in the explosion, officials said.
The second floor of the two-story home was left full of debris after the roof collapsed.
CBS 2 is told everyone ultimately made it out safely.
Initial reports said people were trapped, but CBS 2 was told everyone ultimately made it out safely.
Aerial footage from showed widespread debris from the explosion, with heavy flames burning and smoke billowing hundreds of feet into the air.
CBS 2 is told everyone ultimately made it out safely from the building in Cicero.
