A man was hospitalized after leaping from a window in the fifth floor of an Edgwater high-rise apartment building Friday morning to escape a fire.
Several 911 calls came in at about 5:45 a.m. reporting smoke at the Wyndham Apartments, 5240 N. Sheridan Road, according to a Chicago Fire Department spokesperson. The fire was extinguished about an hour and a half later.
According to Deputy District Chief Kelly Burns, a man jumped from the fifth floor, where the fire was, a couple of floors below to a mezzanine level. He said firefighters rescued him there.
A CFD spokesperson told the Sun-Times the building is equipped with smoke detectors.
The injured man was taken in serious to critical condition to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, the spokesperson said. Chief Kelly added that the man was speaking at the scene. Several residents were treated at the scene for mild smoke inhalation.
Cause of the fire is under investigation.
The man was in serious to critical condition at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center after jumping from the multi-story building, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
The man was in serious to critical condition at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center after jumping from the multi-story building, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
