Fire inside commercial building in Garfield Park leaves woman dead
Fire officials say it started around 6 a.m. inside a store in the 100 block of North Kedzie.
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Fire officials say it started around 6 a.m. inside a store in the 100 block of North Kedzie.
Chicago police said the fire was extinguished and an unidentified woman was discovered unresponsive. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Retrofitting high-rise buildings with sprinkler systems is much more expensive than including them in a new build.
Some tenants at the building at 1212 N. Lake Shore Dr. pointed out the lack of a fire sprinkler system. The reason the building doesn’t have one has to do with the city's complicated fire code history. CBS 2's Sara Machi reports.
The fire lieutenant died while fighting a blaze in a Gold Coast high-rise Wednesday. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
A Chicago Fire Department lieutenant died while battling a high-rise fire in the Gold Coast neighborhood Wednesday morning. This is the second death of a Chicago firefighter in the past two days.
CBS 2's Tara Molina reports on the fire and the devastating loss.
The fire spread to three frame houses on South Wallace Street. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
CBS 2's Mugo Odigwe reports the fire broke out in the 12000 block of South Wallace Street just before 3:40 a.m. Flames spread to two other houses.
Firefighters are putting out hot spots this morning after a fire tore through a home in south Chicago.
A total of 22 units were deemed uninhabitable after the fire on Sunday, March 19.
A total of 22 units were deemed uninhabitable after the fire on Sunday, March 19.
It was not immediately learned whether anyone was hurt.
A witness told CBS 2 the entire house was engulfed in flames.
On Monday and Tuesday, Christ Lutheran Church in Palatine will be holding a drive-through donation event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
A second person escaped without assistance and declined medical attention.
The Chicago Fire Department confirmed all firefighters got out of the fire and are accounted for.
Some residents said they barely had time to grab their coats.
It's still unclear what started the fire on Sunday that destroyed or damaged 24 units. Some residents said they barely had time to grab their coats.
The Fire Department was called at 2:07 a.m. for the fire in a residential building the 4500 block of south Honore Street.
"My parents are old and sick, and their medicines are stuck inside, and that is the hardest part," Rosealba Vargas said.
A fire at a condominium complex in the northwest suburbs left dozens homeless Sunday night.
One victim was found dead and another was taken to Condell Medical Center where they later died. The identities of the victims are unknown.
CBS 2's Charlie De Mar spoke with a man who escaped the fire with just seconds to spare.
"Thirty to 45 more seconds, I'd have died of smoke inhalation out there, because it filled up that fast - that fast," said Mike Perry.
