VIDEOS: A veteran Chicago firefighter has died after a garage fire and collapse in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood early Wednesday morning. Chicago Fire Commissioner Annette Nance-Holt identified him as Fire Captain David Meyer, 54, who joined the department in 1996. “Please keep us all in your prayers,” she said. “It’s one of those things, we go to work every day and we never know if we’re going to come home.” Nance-Holt said the fire department received a call just after 4 a.m. for a garage fire at 1239 North Pine Avenue. Firefighters including Capt. Meyer responded to the scene to battle the blaze, which sent plumes of smoke and flames shooting into the air. Nance-Holt said the fire was put out and when the firefighters were standing outside the structure, the garage collapsed and injured Meyer.
