Three people have died in an apartment fire early Thursday in West Ridge on the North Side.
The three, only described as unidentified males of unknown ages, were pronounced dead on the scene, according to Chicago police.
Firefighters and police officers responded at 1:50 a.m. to the blaze that began in the rear of the 4-story apartment building in the 7000 block of North Rockwell Street, Chicago police said.
Three other people were taken to hospitals from the blaze: a boy, whose age wasn’t given, was taken to Lurie Children’s where his condition wasn’t immediately known, a girl believed to be about 17 years old was taken to the same hospital where her condition also wasn’t known and a woman was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston where she was in critical condition, authorities said.
Firefighters took a defensive approach to the fire, which was extinguished before 5 a.m., according to the Chicago Fire Department.
The cause of the fire was under investigation.