55 Displaced In Extra-Alarm Rogers Park Blaze
UPDATED 11/8/10 5:58 a.m.
CHICAGO (CBS) - A total of 55 people, almost half of them children, are still out of their homes Monday morning after a fire in Rogers Park.
The Red Cross has opened a shelter to provide a safe place for the 34 adults and 21 children who were displaced, according to a release from the American Red Cross of Greater Chicago. The organization will also provide assistance for food, clothing, seasonal garments and mental health services.
The fire broke out Sunday afternoon in a three-story, 12-unit apartment building at 6655 N. Newgard Ave., according to Fire Media Affairs spokesman Rich Rosado. The response was raised to a 2-11 alarm at 12:59 p.m., Rosado said.
The fire was out at 1:50 p.m., Rosado said. A fire suffered a minor injury, but no residents of the building were hurt.
The fire was on the second and third floors of the building, Rosado said. Fire officials said half the units in the building were destroyed.
"It appears that right now, it started in the stairwells, so that's under investigation," said Fire District Chief Thomas Kennedy. "That's really all I can comment on, and it would be too premature to make any further comments on it."
The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.
