Chicago Firefighter Seriously Injured After 'Mayday' Called in Apartment Blaze

  • Source: NBC Chicago
  • Published: 02/22/2018 12:00 AM

A firefighter was in serious condition after being pulled from a South Side building following a "mayday" call Wednesday afternoon. Chicago Fire Media tweeted a mayday for a lost firefighter was called around 1:30 p.m. in the 4300 block of King Drive in the Bronzeville neighborhood. The fire was reported on the fourth floor of an apartment building, where a firefighter became "disoriented" in heavy smoke and was separated from his company. "When they got to the fourth floor they realized the heavy smoke was starting to bank down on them," said Deputy Fire Commissioner William Vogt.



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