Extra-alarm fire damages houses on Chicago's Northwest Side
CHICAGO -- Gusting winds and hot temperatures complicated efforts to fight an extra-alarm fire in the Northwest Side 's Jefferson Park neighborhood Tuesday night.The fire spread to several houses on Laramie Avenue north of Foster Avenue.Flames first shot through the rear of a house at 5247 N. Laramie Ave. – a bungalow with a large front porch that a real estate listing said dates back to 1918.
PhFirefighters attacked the blaze inside and out. Hoses were even brought to the upper level of one of the damaged homes, and aimed out the window, to try to contain the spread.A Chicago firefighter was wheeled away from the scene in a stretcher, but was alert and talking.Neighbors who heard the explosion rushed to rescue the 91-year-old Wilson from the house at 5247 N. Laramie Ave. But the smoke was too thick, and the flames were too intense, to save a family dog that is believed to be dead.
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