Warehouse fire in Brighton Park determined 'suspicious,' CFD says

Sunday, May 1, 2016
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A fire at a mattress warehouse in the Brighton Park neighborhood was found to be "incendiary and suspicious in nature," the Chicago Fire Department said Sunday.
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Two firefighters were sustained minor injured in the fire that broke out at about 8 p.m. Saturday at West 48th Place and South Christiana on the city's Far Southwest Side.

The extra-alarm fire burned for a few hours in the four-story building.


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