CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A fire on the Far South Side has left an elderly woman dead and her husband fighting for his life.
A fire broke out on the second floor of a home near 105th and South Forest Ave in Roseland.
Just before 4:00 a.m., Patricia Farmer, 71 was found unresponsive and later pronounced dead.
Her 77- year-old husband remains hospitalized in critical condition. Neighbors were shocked to hear the news and tell CBS that farmer was a great woman and the neighborhood mother.
A firefighter was also taken to a hospital with a minor leg injury. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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