Chicago high-rise fire leaves one person injured
Investigators are looking into what started those flames.
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Investigators are looking into what started those flames.
Flames broke out around noon in one of the apartments near 52nd and Blackstone.
"This is a life and death situation. It is miraculous that everyone got out with their lives."
The fire was out by 10 p.m. No injuries were reported.
All 379 occupants of the Japan Airlines flight got out safely and the pilot of the coast guard plane also escaped, officials said.
The building was left uninhabitable. It's unclear how many residents were displaced.
A passenger plane and a Japanese coast guard aircraft collided on the runway at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday and burst into flames. Transport Minister Tetsuo Saito confirmed that all 379 occupants of Japan Airlines flight JAL-516 got out safely before the plane was entirely engulfed in flames. The pilot of the coast guard plane also escaped, but five crewmembers died, Saito said.
A passenger plane and a Japanese coast guard aircraft collided on the runway at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday and burst into flames. Transport Minister Tetsuo Saito confirmed that all 379 occupants of Japan Airlines flight JAL-516 got out safely before the plane was entirely engulfed in flames. The pilot of the coast guard plane also escaped, but five crewmembers died, Saito said.
Fire officials say the building is uninhabitable and everyone else in the building had to relocate elsewhere. It is unclear how many people were displaced.
It's not clear how the fire started or if anyone was hurt.
Fire Department officials said the fire alarm panel in the lobby was lit up when they arrived, but several tenants said they did not hear any fire alarms, and claimed the building has had multiple building code issues.
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Police say a 5-year-old girl was found unresponsive inside the building and was pronounced dead on the scene.
The girl was dead when she was found in her bunk bed by firefighters. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
The little girl lived in the apartment where the fire broke out, with her parents and two other siblings. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
Investigators are looking into the possibility that the fire started when one of the children was playing with a lighter. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
Chicago Fire Department officials said the fire was contained to a single apartment on the 9th floor of the Southland Village Apartments.
Fire officials say the preliminary cause of the fire was due to the careless use of smoking materials.
Police say a 5-year-old girl was found unresponsive inside the building and was pronounced dead on the scene. A man was also hospitalized after attempting a possible rescue in the unit, a fire official said.
The fire happened in the 500 block of West Marquette Road around 8 a.m.
It happened on 110th Place and Michigan.
It is believed that some garbage might have been on fire and spread.
Cell phone video from a neighbor captured heavy flames coming from the fourth floor of the complex.
The owner of the unit where the fire started wasn't home at the time.
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