BREAKING: A Chicago firefighter was killed responding to a blaze at a highrise in the Gold Coast neighborhood this morning. Five others were injured, 3 firefirghters and 2 civilians. This is the second time in two days a firefighter was killed on the job.
highrise apartment Wednesday morning, the department’s second line-of-duty death in the past two days.
The blaze began in a large apartment on the 27th floor around 7 a.m. at a highrise located at 1212 N. Lake Shore Drive, according to fire officials. CFD Lt. Jan Tchoryk, 55, went down around 7:55 a.m. on the 11th floor while responding to the fire, prompting a mayday response. He was removed from the building and taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead."I can't tell you how this impacts us, losing two members in two days," CFD Commissioner Annette Nance-Holt said.
One firefighter is in critical condition and at least one other first responder was injured following a multi-alarm fire at a highrise in Gold Coast. Just yesterday, a Chicago firefighter was killed on the job at a fire on the South Side. Fire officials said there were no sprinklers on the 27th floor and the water disabled use of the building's elevators.
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