1 lifeless, a number of injured as hearth spreads to a number of flooring of Chicago high-rise

One particular person died within the blaze and eight folks have been taken to hospitals with accidents, Fire Commissioner Annette Nance-Holt stated. One firefighter was injured battling the blaze.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Jan 26, 2023 07:50 IST

Fire rages in a high-rise residence constructing on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., January 25, 2023, on this nonetheless picture obtained from a social media video (Photo: Reuters)

By Reuters:

A quick-moving hearth on Wednesday unfold to 9 flooring of a high-rise residence constructing on Chicago’s South Side, killing one particular person and injuring eight, together with a firefighter, officers stated.

The blaze started on the fifteenth ground of the Harper Square Cooperative about 10 a.m. (1600 GMT) and unfold vertically, Chicago Fire Department officers stated in a information briefing.

“It was a fast-moving fire vertically, and it was tough staying ahead of it,” Deputy Fire Commissioner Marc Ferman stated.

One particular person died within the blaze and eight folks have been taken to hospitals with accidents, Fire Commissioner Annette Nance-Holt stated. One firefighter was injured battling the blaze.

Before firefighters gained management of the blaze about 90 minutes after it started, flames have been seen lapping the surface of the 50-year-old constructing as smoke billowed from the construction with winds clocked at 15 miles (24 km) an hour.

The 25-story, 360-unit residence constructing has smoke detectors within the hallways, but it surely was unclear whether or not it has a sprinkler system, hearth officers stated.

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Jan 26, 2023