'unattended Cooking' Blamed For Edgewater Extra-alarm Blaze

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The origin of an Edgewater extra-alarm occurrence that injured respective group and progressive much than a twelve rescues is being blamed connected unattended cooking, occurrence officials said.

The extra-alarm blaze, which was extinguished by astir 125 firefighters astir 1:40 p.m., started connected nan 4th level of nan Pines of Edgewater, 5439 N. Kenmore Ave., occurrence officials said.

UPDATE KENMORE FIRE: CFD Office of Fire Investigation (OFI) has wished nan 2-11 connected northbound Kenmore was "accidental" originating arsenic a consequence of unattended cooking successful a 4th level unit. The caretaker was alerted by a fume alarm. Fire dispersed outward from unfastened flat door.

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At slightest a twelve ambulances were sent to nan scene, and astatine slightest 9 group were taken to adjacent hospitals. One personification was successful superior information and nan remainder were successful adjacent condition, Fire Department District Chief Robert Jurewicz told reporters astatine nan scene.

The eight-story ceramic high-rise is chiefly occupied by older adults, and because immoderate needed thief leaving their units, nan occurrence section called for much instrumentality and trucks.

The 4th level was near uninhabitable for now.

“They had to conflict done 30 feet of occurrence conscionable to get to nan flat wherever nan occurrence was,” Jurewicz said. “These guys did a tremendous job.”