Chicago Firefighters Rescue 3 from Blaze
CHICAGO --
Firefighters had to rescue three people from the third floor of a South Side building and a child was injured when a fire broke out in the Gresham neighborhood Tuesday morning.
A still-and-box alarm was called for a fire in a three-story commercial and residential building at 1206 W. 83rd St. about 8:45 a.m., according to Fire Media Affairs spokesman Richard Rosado.
A still-and-box alarm automatically sends to the scene four fire engines, two fire trucks, one tower ladder, three battalion chiefs, one deputy district chief, one squad company, one command van and one ambulance.
The fire broke out on the third floor, Rosado said. The first floor of the building is commercial and the upper floors are apartments. Firefighters used an aerial fire truck ladder to rescue three people from the third floor. Rosado said those rescued refused medical treatment.
A grandmother brought a child out of the burning building. The child was taken to University of Chicago Hospitals Comer's Children's Hospital in serious-but-stable condition, Rosado said.
The fire was struck out by 9:06 a.m. The cause of the fire is under investigation.