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Dec 17, 20212 min
Updated: Jun 14, 2023
CRITICAL INCIDENT NOTIFICATION
MAJOR FIRE
A firefighter was critically injured battling a fire on the Northwest Side early Thursday morning. Chicago fire officials said three other people were also hurt in the blaze.
The fire broke out just after 2 a.m. in the basement of a two-floor apartment building in the 3100-block of North Marmora Avenue, right next to St. Ferdinand Church in Belmont Central, Chicago police said.
Chicago fire said the victims besides the firefighter who were injured include two men and a woman, who was taken to Loyola University Medical Center. All three suffered burns and were also critically injured. The firefighter, who had been with the department for only a year, was taken to Community First Hospital, where other firefighters began to gather early Thursday morning. He was later transferred to Loyola, as well. Chicago fire officials said he needed to be intubated because his throat is severely burned.
A man who lives in the building said his dog woke him up and so did the strong smell of smoke. Fire crews got there rather quickly, with a fire station just five minutes away. The cause of the fire is still being investigated, but the blaze was put out about 3:30 a.m.
Source Agency (The Straights Times)
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Incident Number
2-21121-6401
Alert Type
Critical Incident Notification
Incident Type
Major Fire
Incident Occurred
December 1, 2021
Alert Posted
December 1, 2021
Location
Belmont, IL
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