Firefighters hand out smoke detectors in Garfield Ridge after fatal fire

Monday, August 31, 2015
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago firefighters are handing out free smoke detectors Monday on the city's Southwest Side, where two people died in a fire over the weekend.

PHOTOS: 2 killed in Garfield Ridge fire

The fire broke out early Saturday in the 5200-block of S. Lorel in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood.
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A 63-year-old man and a 28-year old man were both killed. Investigators believe the fire was intentionally set.

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