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Excerpts from abc7chicago.com:
A Chicago firefighter was critically injured in a blaze at a West Side apartment on Sunday afternoon. The fire broke out at a building in the 1200 block of North Lavergne Avenue.
A firefighter in his 30s,was transported to West Suburban Medical Center in serious condition. He was taken to Loyola Medical for further treatment, where he is listed in critical condition.
A mayday call was issued as a precaution. Officials did not elaborate on the firefighter’s injuries and did not immediately provide further information.
Chicago Fire Department news
Jun 15
Excerpts from abc7chicago.com:
Flames tore through a 154-year-old home in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood Thursday morning in the 600-block of North Central Avenue. Chicago fire officials said two people were inside the home at the time of the fire, but fortunately they were able to safely escape.
The home damaged by the fire is actually one of the oldest homes in Chicago and it’s a city landmark called the Seth P. Warner House, named after Warner, who was one of Chicago’s earliest settlers who was a blacksmith abolitionist and patron of the arts, according to the city. The home is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
The Seth P. Warner home was actually constructed in 1869 and is considered very rare because it was built before the Great Chicago Fire, one of only 13 Chicago landmarks that carry that significance.
One firefighter was taken to the hospital to be checked out and is expected to be OK. The cause of this fire is still under investigation.
Excerpts from fox32chicago.com:
A criminal trial got underway Monday for three men accused of shooting and killing a longtime Chicago firefighter during a bungled carjacking, and one of the members of the alleged carjacking ring is now testifying against the others.
The family of retired Firefighter Dwain Williams walked solemnly through the Leighton Criminal Courthouse on the first day of his alleged killers’ trial. The 65-year-old Williams was a retired Lieutenant with the Chicago Fire Department who was just about to go back to the work for the city of Chicago at the Office of Emergency Management.
Now, standing trial for his murder are Devin Barron, Dwain Johnson, and Jaleyn Saulsberry — each charged with first-degree homicide.
The star witness for prosecutors is 18-year-old David Williams, who was part of that carjacking crew. Williams was just 15 at the time and was charged as a juvenile. He agreed to testify against the others after serving six months in a juvenile detention center.
Williams told jurors that he and the defendants committed multiple carjackings together, and targeted Lt. Williams when they saw his car at a gas station a couple blocks away.
The late firefighter’s family became emotional when prosecutors played the surveillance video of his shooting, some hurrying out of the courtroom in tears.
The courtroom is filled to capacity because there are three separate juries, one for each defendant. The trial is expected to continue until at least the middle of next week.
Chicago Fire Department news
Jun 13
Excerpts from abc7chicago.com:
Two men were injured, one critically, in a fire at an abandoned home on Chicago’s South Side early Monday morning. The fire broke out about 2:35 a.m. in the 4700-block of South Princeton Avenue in the city’s Fuller Park neighborhood.
The two men, ages 45 and 68, were taken to University of Chicago Medical Center in fair and critical condition, both were suffering from smoke inhalation and one was also burned.
When firefighters arrived at the one-and-a-half story building, the flames were intense, but the fire was put out just before 4 a.m.
The cause of the fire was not immediately available.
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Excerpts from cbsnewschicago.com:
Two Chicago firefighters were injured at a fire in Ravenswood Wednesday morning. The firefighters were taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital, one with a shoulder injury and the other with a cut to the hand. CFD said both are doing well.
The fire broke out on the first floor of a two-story building that was under construction, in the 2100 block of North Wilson Avenue.
No one else was in the building at the time of the fire.
From CFD Media on Twitter:
01:02 Still & Box 2171 W Wilson Still & Box @ 2 stry ord undeer construction 50 x 100 fire on 1st floor, CFD on scene. @ 01:31 struck out the event under the authority of DDC2, All searches clear and negative. 2 FF injured both transported IMMC Green CFD on seen for overhaul
Update Still & Box 2171 N Wilson @ 02:27 Notification Building Department requested at @ 2 stry ord undeer construction 50 x 100, Open and dangerous, Due to fire.
Update 2 FF transported from 2171 Wilson. Both members doing well, both green to Masonic 1 with shoulder injury and 1 with right hand laceration.
Excerpts from abc7chicago.com:
A 54-year-old woman was killed in a fire on the South Side Wednesday morning.
The home, on the corner of Princeton Avenue and 108th Street in West Roseland was fully engulfed by the time the call came in at around 6:40 a.m.
Upstairs, Marshall Lewis, who said he is a Cook County Sheriff’s sergeant, heard his smoke alarm going off and rushed to get out and call 911. He tried to save himself and his landlord, living downstairs.
The flames were so intense, it was hard to get to the victim inside. The 54-year-old woman, fire officials said, was found in her room.
Excerpts from abc7chicago.com:
About 11 a.m. Sunday morning, Chicago firefighters responded to a fire at a home in the 3800 block of North Odell Avenue. A woman in her 70s was found and pronounced dead. Two others declined treatment at the scene.
The Cook County Medical Examiner identified her as 78-year-old Francine Matchitelli.
