CFD in the news again this week, with two major incidents reported in Austin and Rogers Park.
The Chicago Tribune recently covered a serious fire that occurred in the South Austin neighborhood early Tuesday morning. According to the article:
A woman jumped from a second-floor window, and three others were injured in a fire that broke out in the South Austin neighborhood Tuesday morning, according to authorities.
"When they arrived, there was one woman who jumped from the second floor," said Chicago Fire Department District Deputy Chief Don Hroma at the scene.
The 30-year-old woman was rushed to John H. Troeger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County in serious-to-critical condition, as reported by the fire department. Three other individuals — two teenage girls and a man — were also hospitalized with fair-to-serious injuries.
You can read the full story here.
On the north side, a tragic carbon monoxide poisoning incident claimed two lives in a West Rogers Park apartment building. The Chicago Tribune reported:
After the first call about two women who had fallen ill in a West Rogers Park apartment building, fire officials used a carbon monoxide detector but found levels too low to be dangerous, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
About five hours later, just before 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, firefighters were called again to the same building after another resident became ill.
Officials then discovered dangerously high levels of carbon monoxide in the basement. Rasheeda Akhter, 77, and her granddaughter Zanib Ahmed, 18, who had been the first to fall ill, later died at Swedish Covenant Hospital. The Cook County medical examiner confirmed the cause of death as carbon monoxide poisoning.
Fire officials and Peoples Gas workers found that the building’s furnace boilers were not operating properly and that there was a leak in the exhaust system, said Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford.
"Fresh air was coming into the basement, but the contaminated air was rising into the living areas," Langford explained.
Read the complete report here.
Thanks to Chris for the heads-up.
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