Chicago Firefighters Tackle Extra Alarm Building Fire

Firefighters called for additional crews as wind fanned the flames at the apartment building fire near North Park University.

Nov. 5, 2025

Tess Kenny

Chicago Tribune

(TNS)

Chicago firefighters battled an extra-alarm apartment fire near North Park University in the city’s Albany Park neighborhood Tuesday evening.

No injuries had been reported at the 2-11 alarm blaze inside a three-story apartment building in the 5000 block of North Troy Street as of 5 p.m., according to fire officials.

The fire was finally put out just before 5:40 p.m., but the cause of the blaze was still under investigation, officials said on social media. It wasn’t immediately clear if any residents would be displaced.