update 5:10PM the Chicago Tribune updated the article as follows:
At least one firefighter was checked over because of the extreme heat, but there were no immediate reports of other injuries, he said.
update at 2:50PM From the Chicago Tribune:
Three Chicago firefighters were hospitalized for heat-related issues as they fought a fire on the South Side this afternoon, officials said.
The three men were battling the fire at a 2 1/2 story frame structure on the 6900 block of South Ada Street which began at about 1 p.m. and was under control about an hour later, said Quention Curtis, a Chicago Fire Department spokesman.
Two of the firefighters were taken to a hospital in serious-to-critical condition, and another firefighter was taken in fair-to-serious condition, according to Curtis.
Initial information indicates the injuries were heat exhaustion-related and appeared to be non-life-threatening, according to media affairs.
2:30PM From the Chicago Tribune:
At least three firefighters have been reported injured at a fire this afternoon on the 6900 block of South Ada Street.
Two firefighters were taken to a hospital in serious-to-critical condition, and another firefighter was taken in fair-to-serious condition, according to preliminary information from Fire Media Affairs.
Initial information indicates the injuries were heat exhaustion-related and appeared to be non-life-threatening, according to media affairs.
The alarm was called about 1 p.m. and struck out about 2 p.m.
