Two people were hurt including a firefighter after a multi-story apartment building in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood caught fire early Tuesday morning, with fire trucks blocking streets as crews worked to battle the blaze.
Photos and video from the scene, at 4909 N. Glenwood Ave., showed heavy flames pouring out of the building’s windows as fire alarms sound in the background. The fire could be seen burning across stairwells, with multiple floors covered in flames.
According to the Chicago Police Department, officers responded to a call of a fire at the apartment complex at about 1:11 a.m. Upon arrival, police found the Chicago Fire Department on the scene attempting to extinguish the fire as plumes of smoke billowed into the sky.
Chicago police said they said multiple displaced people outside, including six adults and one child. A woman was transported to a nearby hospital for smoke inhalation and she was last listed in good condition, police said.
According to the fire department, a firefighter was also transported to a nearby hospital in good condition.
About 3:39 a.m., the fire was struck out, CFD said in a post on X.
No further details on how the fire started were provided.
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