Extra-alarm fire displaces 20, including 6 children
The Chicago Fire Department battles an extra-alarm fire that spread to three buildings on the 8800 block of South Escanaba Avenue in Chicago. (Heather Charles, Chicago Tribune / October 29, 2012) |
A firefighter was taken to Advocate Trinity Hospital after injuring his knee fighting the blaze in the fighting the blaze in the 8800 block of South Escanaba Avenue. And a resident of the neighborhood was taken to the same hospital after smoke triggered an asthma attack, officials said.
Firefighters responded to the fire about 4:20 a.m. and found a two-story frame building engulfed in flames, Chicago Fire Department Spokeswoman Meg Ahlheim said.
An extra alarm was called as the fire spread to three neighboring buildings, one vacant and two occupied, bringing about 100 firefighters and paramedics to the scene. The fire was under control by about 6 a.m.
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