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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Sophie Sherry

Cause of death revealed for 2 Chicago firefighters who died responding to fires on North, South sides

Firefighter Jermaine Pelt and Lt. Jan Tchoryk. (Chicago Fire Department)

Autopsies have revealed the causes of death for two Chicago firefighters who died while responding to fires on the Far South and Near North Sides this week, the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Jermaine Pelt, 49, died early Tuesday while working to put out an extra-alarm fire in the 12000 block of South Wallace Avenue.

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