CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A woman died and three people were injured, including a 7-year-old boy, after a fire broke out in the basement of a home Monday morning in Clearing on the Southwest Side.
The injured people evacuated from the home around 6 a.m. in the 5700 block of West 64th Street, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
Firefighters entered and found a 60-year-old Susan M. Collopy in a bedroom in the rear of the home, fire officials and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.
Paramedics took her to Holy Cross Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, Chicago police said. Autopsy results haven’t been released.
A 7-year-old boy was transported in serious condition to Loyola University Medical Center, police said. A 34-year-old woman was in fair condition at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, police said. A 60-year-old man was in good condition at Loyola.
The cause of the fire was under investigation.
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