Excerpts from abc7chicago.com:
A Chicago firefighter was injured Saturday morning while working a blaze at a high rise construction site downtown. They were taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in good condition. The fire department responded at 5:54 a.m. for a call of a fire at the Vista Tower site at 363 E. Wacker Dr. The fire was contained to its basement office.
The building was unoccupied at the time, and the fire was extinguished by 7 a.m.
Excerpts from abc7chicago.com:
Chicago firefighters responded to a report of residents trapped by a fire at approximately 3:15 a.m. in a one-and-a-half story home at 11828 South Perry in West Pullman on the city’s far South Side Wednesday.
One resident jumped from a second floor window and two others evacuated. 79-year-old Jimmy Shearrill, who had difficulty walking, was trapped by the flames on the second floor. Fire officials said it was difficult to reach him because the staircase to the second floor was burned out. Shearrill was conscious when he was removed from the home but died later on the scene.
A Mayday call went out after a firefighter fell through the floor into the basement. He was treated at a local hospital and released.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
update on the injured firefighter from the 2-11 Alarm fire in Chicago, 3-3-18
Excerpts from the ChicagoSunTimes.com:
A Chicago firefighter was in critical condition after collapsing at the scene of an extra-alarm fire Saturday morning in the Lawndale neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
Firefighters were called to the fire at 8:46 a.m. in the 1900 block of South St. Louis Avenue, and the firefighter was found on the ground inside the building at 9:02 a.m. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition. No other injuries were reported.
thanks Dan
Chi-Town Fire Photos
A Chicago firefighter went down during a Still & Box Alarm fire at 1921 S. St Louis this morning (3/3/18). A MayDay alert was issued and it was upgraded to a 2-11 Alarm with an EMS Plan 1. One firefighter has been transported to Mt. Sinai Hospital.
Chi-Town Fire Photos
Mayday at 1921 S. St Louis has been secured; Injured Firefighter taken to Mt. Sinai.
Extra alarm fire at 1921 S. St Louis has been struck out.
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