Overview

• A fire broke out around 2:18 a.m. on April 30 in the 7100 block of South Rhodes Avenue on Chicago's South Side.
• A 32-year-old man was rescued from the burning building but was pronounced dead at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
• The victim has not yet been identified, pending review by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.
• No other injuries were reported in the incident, according to officials.
• The Chicago Fire Department is actively investigating the cause of the fire, which follows another fatal blaze in the South Shore neighborhood two days earlier.