CHICAGO (WLS) -- A person was found dead after a fire in a North Side apartment Monday morning, Chicago police said.
Authorities responded at about 2:20 a.m. to a fire at an apartment complex in the 1900-block of West Fargo Avenue.
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Firefighters extinguished the fire and discovered a 55-year-old man in the basement of the complex, authorities said.
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The man was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. His identity has not been released.
The Chicago Fire Department investigators said the fire was determined to be accidental.
Further details were not immediately available.