Chicago high-rise building fire leaves 7 hospitalized, including baby in criticial condition
The fire reportedly started on the second floor of a 14-story building in the South Shore neighborhood
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- Seven people, including a baby in critical condition, were hospitalized following a fire in a Chicago high-rise building on Wednesday afternoon.
- Firefighters conducted ladder rescues outside the building as occupants hung out of windows.
- The fire reportedly started in a kitchen on the second floor of the 14-story building in the South Shore neighborhood.
Seven people were hospitalized, including a baby in critical condition, after a fire Wednesday afternoon in a Chicago high-rise building, fire officials said.
Seven people, including the baby, were rushed to area hospitals, Chicago Fire Department First District Chief Jim McDonough said at a news conference.
Four other children were taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in good and fair conditions, fire officials said.
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CHICAGO FIREFIGHTERS HOSPITALIZED AFTER BATTLING HOUSE FIRE NEAR AIRPORT
One person jumped from a fourth-floor window and was hospitalized in fair condition, officials said. A seventh person was taken to Trinity Hospital in good condition.
Firefighters also performed ladder rescues on the outside of the building while people hung out of windows.
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CHICAGO FIREFIGHTER MAKES 'ULTIMATE SACRIFICE,' FOURTH LINE OF DUTY LOSS FOR DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR
Firefighters were called just before 4 p.m. to the blaze in a 1920s-era high-rise in the South Shore neighborhood. The fire started in a kitchen in a unit on the second floor of the 14-story building, McDonough said.
There was heavy smoke from the second floor on up, McDonough said.