Retired chief: CFD has special tool that could have been used to fight high-rise fire
It is a tool that taxpayers have already paid for.
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It is a tool that taxpayers have already paid for.
CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey has been digging into why some firefighters say the Chicago Fire Department has a special tool to fight the type of blaze that broke out in the high-rise - but they didn't use it.
The Harper Square Cooperative at 48th and Lake Park doesn't have a sprinkler system, because it predates a Chicago requirement for all high-rises built after 1975 to have fire sprinklers.
The Harper Square Cooperative at 48th and Lake Park doesn't have a sprinkler system, because it predates a Chicago requirement for all high-rises built after 1975 to have fire sprinklers. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
Less than two weeks after one person was killed and nine others were injured in a massive fire that spread to 10 floors of high-rise in Kenwood, CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey is digging into whether a simple sprinkler system could have prevented the tragedy.
Two Chicago men are charged with robbing residents of the very building that caught fire this week.
Two Chicago men are charged with robbing residents of the very building that caught fire this week.
The attorney claims the failed Chicago Department of Buildings inspections on Dec. 1, Nov. 2, and March 21 of last year were never brought to his client's attention.
We told you Wednesday about multiple failed city inspections at the Harper Square Cooperative high-rise. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
As the floor captain, Toi Sing-Daniels kept everyone informed of the instructions from management and firefighters when the fire started 10 floors below. CBS 2's Jermont Terry talked with her and a grateful neighbor.
As the floor captain, Toi Sing-Daniels kept everyone informed of the instructions from management and firefighters when the fire started 10 floors below.
A smoke detector in the apartment where the fire started was not working at the time, according to the Fire Department.
The residents have a lot of questions after the deadly fire at the Harper Square Cooperative on Lake Park Avenue. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
Meanwhile, some residents are being allowed back in to get their most important belongings, but they still have a lot of questions. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
Investigators are still trying to determine what caused a deadly apartment building fire in Kenwood. One person was killed, and nine others were injured, including a firefighter, in the fire at the Harper Square Cooperative high-rise on Wednesday.
That fire broke out on Oct. 17, 2003, at what was then known as the Cook County Administration Building.
A total of 133 units in the building were impacted by the fire and cannot be accessed.
A retired schoolteacher in her 80s was killed in the fire at the Harper Square Cooperative, and a total of 133 units are now inaccessible. CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reports.
The sprinkler system was not completed at the Harper Square Cooperative building where a fire broke out Wednesday, leaving a woman dead and nine others injured. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
We heard stories from tenants that they saw the fire climbing their window, felt the heat in their apartments, and smelled burning wood.
Some residents saw the fire climbing the high-rise through their windows. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
Just last month, the building failed a city inspection.
CBS 2's Tara Molina dug into the history of the Harper Square Cooperative building in Kenwood, where one person died and nine were injured in a fire Wednesday.
Some residents say they were told to stay in their homes despite the fire at the Harper Square Cooperative coming dangerously close. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
The fire climbed vertically up the Harper Square Cooperative building on Lake Park Avenue. CBS 2's Asal Rezaei reports.
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The history of LGBTQ+ activists and organizers is deeply connected to the evolution of Chicago. Long before rainbow crosswalks, pride parades, and openly LGBTQ+ elected leaders, the faces of the community lived in the shadows.
They approach you, claim they need money for a loved one's funeral, and then disappear with thousands of your dollars. Now, new video is giving Chicago police and Chicagoans a closer look at the tap to pay scam.
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Long before rainbow crosswalks, pride parades, and openly LGBTQ+ elected leaders, the faces of the community lived in the shadows.
They approach you, claim they need money for a loved one's funeral, and then disappear with thousands of your dollars. Now, new video is giving Chicago police and Chicagoans a closer look at the tap to pay scam.
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