Woman injured, families displaced after fire breaks out at South Shore apartment complex: CFD
Two firefighters were checked out at the University of Chicago Medical Center, CFD said.
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A woman is injured and multiple families are displaced after a fire broke out at a South Side building on Monday evening, the Chicago Fire Department said.
CFD said firefighters were responded to the South Shore neighborhood's 1400-block of East 69th Place.
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Flames shot out of a second-floor window before quickly tearing through several apartments, gutting the complex near Dante Avenue and leaving dozens of families without a home.
"That's devastating to anybody. Nobody wants to start over from scratch. A lot of people were just getting off from work," said witness Amari Allen.
When firefighters got to the scene, they said, a stairwell inside collapsed, but a majority of the residents had already made it out safely. At least two others were forced to make a daring escape.
"Some of them jumped out of the second-floor window," said CFD Assistant Deputy Fire Commissioner of Operations Donald Walker.
Firefighters said while those two who jumped were not injured, a woman was injured and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition.
Two firefighters were transported to the same hospital to be checked out.
The fire is out. The cause is under investigation.
CFD did not immediately provide further information about the fire.
