Seven Hospitalized After Chicago High-Rise Fire, Including Baby in Critical Condition

The fire, which began in a kitchen on the second floor, prompted dramatic rescues and led to seven hospitalizations.

Seven people, including a baby in critical condition, were hospitalized following a fire in a Chicago high-rise building.
The fire started in a kitchen on the second floor of the 14-story building in the South Shore neighborhood.
Firefighters conducted ladder rescues as occupants hung out of windows; one person jumped from a fourth-floor window.
Four other children were taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in good and fair conditions.
The fire was extinguished just after 5 p.m., and a preliminary investigation indicates it started in a kitchen of a second-floor unit.