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Man dies in Burnside house fire

Firefighters responded to the 1100 block of East 90th Street about 7:30 p.m. Sunday, the Chicago Fire Department said.

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Chicago police officer fatally shoots man in Old Town

The man, believed to be in his 20s, was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he died from his gunshot wounds, Chicago Fire Department officials said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Accused of vendetta in handling of Fire Department promotions, Lightfoot reverses course, promotes 30 to lieutenant

The 2009 lieutenant’s list has been reinstated. It was not immediately known whether mayoral critic Ald. Jim Gardiner (45th) was among those promoted from that list.

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Lightfoot pushes back on claim that Invest South/West more talk than action

The mayor spoke at the groundbreaking for Englewood Connect, a culinary hub being built in a landmark firehouse — a building that “refused to be demolished,” said Planning and Development Commissioner Maurice Cox.

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Officials: 6 injured in Chicago apartment building explosion

Officials say at least six people were rushed to hospitals after being injured when an explosion Tuesday tore through the top floor of a Chicago apartment building

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8 hurt in Austin apartment building explosion: ‘It sounded like a bomb’

At least three of the injured were in serious to critical condition, fire officials said, as rescue crews searched the four-story building at West End and Central avenues.

Chicago Sun-Times

Police release video of suspects after Chicago cop shot 6 times trying to stop robbery at Englewood currency exchange

The retired officer, 60, was shot Thursday morning as the currency exchange near 71st Street and Wentworth opened, according to a police report.

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Person fatally struck by CTA Brown Line train on North Side; conductor hospitalized

The male was standing on the platform about 4:35 p.m. near the 2900 block of West Leland Avenue when he fell into the tracks and was hit by a train, Chicago police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

2-year-old boy critically injured after being struck by car in West Rogers Park

About 8:35 p.m., the boy was near Touhy and Ridge avenues when he was hit by a vehicle, according to the Chicago Fire Department.

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3 injured in Little Village fire, including 89-year-old man and 12-year-old boy

The fire broke out in the 3500 block of West Cermak Road around 2 a.m. Tuesday, according to the Chicago Fire Department.

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Vehicle jumps curb, hits multiple people outside Near North Side restaurant

Five people were taken to nearby hospitals, the Chicago Fire Department said.

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Federal court dissolves decades-old minority hiring decree in Chicago Fire Department, cites big ethnic gains

CHICAGO — A federal judge recently agreed to dissolve a 42-year-old court mandate on minority hiring within the Chicago Fire Department, finding that minority representation had increased substantially since its implementation in early 1980.

Chicago Tribune

Boy, 11, killed by hit-and-run driver in Lawndale was dragged half a block, police say

The boy, Jalon James, is the third child to be struck and killed by drivers in Chicago in the last two weeks.

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Fire breaks out at apartment building a block from Wrigley Field

The fire was extinguished and firefighters were “chasing hotspots” at a building in the 3500 block of North Sheffield, according to the Chicago Fire Department. No one was injured.

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Statue honoring victims of Our Lady of the Angels fire returns to site of blaze

The Blessed Mother statue was displayed at the Church of the Holy Family, 1080 W. Roosevelt Rd., since 1999. It was moved there after Our Lady of the Angels Parish School closed in 1999.

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Fire breaks out at North Park office building; employee hospitalized

A fire spread on the fifth-floor machine room of the Peterson Corporate Center, at 3525 W. Peterson Ave., Friday morning.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Fire Department makes progress, but not enough, toward ending racial, sexual discrimination

Last year, the city’s inspector general demanded changes in policy, training and employee protection. A follow-up report has found only one of five corrective actions recommended in that audit has been fully-implemented.

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Englewood church mural depicting Jesus spared in devastating fire; ‘It’s just one of those things’

The image on a wall at historic Antioch Missionary Baptist Church shows Jesus ascending to the heavens, flanked by two angels as his disciples look on.

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Englewood church catches fire a third time in a week

It is not uncommon for large fires — such as the one that destroyed Antioch Missionary Baptist Church last week — to flare up again, according to the Chicago Fire Department.

Chicago Tribune

Chicago church fire sparked accidentally by roofers using propane torch, officials say

CHICAGO — A fire that tore through an Englewood church was caused by workers on its roof using a propane torch, Chicago Fire Department officials said Saturday.

Chicago Sun-Times

2 injured in Englewood house fire, including firefighter who fell off roof

About 4 p.m., firefighters responded to a call of a fire that broke out in the first floor of a two and a half story building in the 6200 block of South Paulina Street, according to the Chicago Fire Department.

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Englewood church destroyed by fire hours after Good Friday service. ‘This church is an anchor in this community.’

Pastor Gerald Dew returned home from the noon service at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church and got a call that the legendary South Side church was on fire.

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2 dead in high-speed crash that sent car into the air in West Pullman

The crash happened shortly before 2 p.m. in the 12400 block of South Michigan Avenue, according to the Chicago Fire Department.

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Chicago Fire Department ambulances are once again taking patients to Insight Hospital after being turned away for a year

Those ambulance rides stopped about a year ago — in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic — during a dire nursing shortage in the ER of the Bronzeville hospital, formerly known as Mercy Hospital.

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Questions remain after newborn is found dead in a duffle bag in the snow at unstaffed firehouse on Near North Side

Crews at the facility were busy filling air tanks at other firehouses that morning and didn’t discover the infant until around 5 a.m. when they went outside to shovel snow.

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