The Chicago Fire Department said one person was seriously injured after an extra-alarm house fire in the Logan Square neighborhood Tuesday morning.
Wayne Thompson said his smoke detector started going off and the smell led him to the door of his enclosed second floor porch."I open the back door and it just it was just blazing," Thompson said. "I hit the ground and I tried to kick the door closed but I couldn't get it I couldn't get it ."
"The first company was on scene within three minutes," CFD Deputy District Chief Robert Jurewicz said. "They had heavy fire in the rear. They started an aggressive attack. At 6:29, Battalion 17 called a still and box which brought in several more companies."About 125 firefighters were on the scene until it was under control.
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