2 Firefighters Dead in South Side Blaze

By Chuck Sudo in News on Dec 22, 2010 4:20PM

Image via Fox News Chicago This news is an unfortunate and fearful symmetry with today being the centennial of the Union Stock Yards fire. A 3-11 blaze in an abandoned warehouse on the South Side claimed the lives of two firefighters and injured 14, including two more firefighters, when they were trapped inside the structure after a wall collapsed on them.

The fire broke out just before 7 a.m. on the 1700 block of East 75th Street. It was quickly declared a three-alarm blaze in order to save the trapped firefighters.