One person was rushed to an area hospital on Friday evening following a fire at a high-rise condominium building in Chicago’s Lakeview community, authorities said.
Published 22 mins agoOne person was rushed to an area hospital on Friday evening following a fire at a high-rise condominium building in Chicago's Lakeview community, authorities said.
Flames broke out at around 5:29 p.m. inside a residence on the 14th floor the Eddystone condominium complex, 421 W. Melrose, authorities said. Responding firefighters quickly made their way to that floor, where they found a man who had been injured and brought him down two floors, authorities said. There, other emergency personnel took over care and escorted him out of the building, authorities said.
That individual was transported to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in serious-to-critical condition, the Chicago Fire Department posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. 412 W Melrose, S&B EMS plan 1 in highrise. Fire is on the 15th floor. Fire is out. cfd preforming searches and ventilating. Alarm has been escalated to 2-11 for additional manpower. 1 injury transported to local hospital Red. Will update as necessary.
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