Chicago building fire leaves one dead

At least one person dead and eight wounded left a fire in a chicago Building, USA. More than 300 people responded to the emergency call to put out the fire in the skyscraper.

Annette Nance-Holt, Fire Commissioner of Chicagoreported that the fire provoked the death of one person and eight more had to be transferred to a hospital to be treated, among the injured was a firefighter. Fortunately, all the injured were in stable condition.

Some pictures from the moment fire They were shared on social networks, in which you could see the exterior of the building being consumed by the flames, while columns of smoke rose into the air.

The Fire Department of Chicago he said that the firedio started around 10:00 a.m. on the 15th floor of the building and spread to level 24 before firefighters could control it around 12:30 p.m.

Neighbors leave the building in the midst of chaos

The neighbors declared for the Reuters agency that some had not realized the situation until other inhabitants began to alert them to evacuate the building which was in the middle of fire.

I didn’t really realize it was a fire until my neighbor knocked on my door and then we were evacuated,” said Barbara Joiner, one of the residents of the building that caught fire.

The woman added that she had to go down the stairs from the 21st floor, where she experienced chaos as all the neighbors tried to leave the building at the same time.

The building has 298 apartments, with about 267 occupied units according to the Fire Department of Chicago.

Joiner said many residents of the building they are elderly, including an 81-year-old woman he cares for.

“I am the caretaker of a lady in the building and they wouldn’t let me go back to her,” Joiner said. “So, I don’t know if she’s okay. I don’t know, I haven’t heard from her. That is my concern right now.”