Overview

• The fire started around 8:45 a.m. in the 1100-block of West Erie Street, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
• CFD declared an EMS Plan 1 and reported the blaze was extinguished shortly after crews arrived.
• Firefighters found an adult woman once the flames were out, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.
• The cause of the fire remains under investigation, the woman’s identity has not been released, and Chicago police had not commented.
• The case unfolds during a period of repeated fatal residential fires in Chicago that has intensified investigative scrutiny.