Edgewater High-rise Fire That Injured 9 Caused By Unattended Cooking: Cfd

Dozens rescued utilizing 40- to 50-foot ladders

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A occurrence that injured 9 group successful a North Side high-rise building Thursday day was caused by unattended cooking, Chicago occurrence officials said Friday.

CFD called the fire accidental, and said it started successful a fourth-floor unit. It dispersed done an unfastened flat door.

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One personification was successful captious condition, while 8 others were taken to nan infirmary pinch superior injuries, aft nan blaze, CFD 2nd District Chief Robert Jurewicz said Thursday.

Dozens were rescued connected nan segment successful nan 5400-block of North Kenmore Avenue successful Edgewater.

Part of nan building is now uninhabitable. Some surviving connected nan precocious floors had to beryllium brought down by ladders, aft nan occurrence escapes filled pinch smoke.

The building was afloat of aged residents.

Forty to 50-foot ladders were put up to rescue residents, immoderate of whom were hanging retired of nan windows of nan eight-story building.

Smoke was seen billowing retired of nan 4th floor, wherever nan occurrence started successful a rear flat unit.

About 125 firefighters were connected scene, moving frantically some to conflict nan occurrence and to behaviour nan rescues, Jurewicz said.

It took astir 75 minutes to put nan occurrence out.

Officials said residents who person been displaced will yet beryllium allowed to return to their units, which should beryllium undamaged arsenic agelong arsenic their doors remained closed.