4 Chicago firefighters have died on duty this year, the most in a quarter-century

Chicago Fire Department personnel mourn the loss of firefighter Andrew “Drew” Price, 39. Price is the fourth firefighter to die this year in the line of duty. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

Andrew “Drew” Price is the fourth Chicago firefighter to die this year, believed to be the most deaths in the department in a quarter of a century.

Both the total number and nature of Price’s death are unusual, fire officials said.