Overview
- On Detroit’s east side, a blaze on Dwyer Street spread to five houses after midnight, leaving two total losses and damaging three others, with no injuries reported and an initially frozen hydrant noted by crews.
- Hours later, a separate fire on Ashland Street displaced a family with 15 children, with all residents escaping and one firefighter suffering a twisted knee; an additional early-morning fire on Charest also saw everyone get out safely.
- In Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood, a multi-story apartment fire at 4909 N. Glenwood Avenue injured a resident and a firefighter and displaced multiple people before being struck out at 3:39 a.m., officials said.
- Detroit confirmed four deaths in about 24 hours from two west side fires: a 6-year-old girl died in a Rutherford Street blaze that also critically injured a woman, and three people died in a Wildemere/Seven Mile fire where interior obstacles hindered rescues.
- A Glenwood, Illinois, condo fire on Saturday left one person dead as the state fire marshal joined the investigation, and departments across the region are stressing smoke-detector checks and safer use of heating equipment.