Woman dies in fire in abandoned building on Chicago's South Side
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A woman was killed in a fire Monday night in an abandoned building in the Englewood neighborhood.
Police said, shortly after 10 p.m., officers responded to a call of a fire in an abandoned apartment building in the 5900 block of South Morgan Street.
When officers arrived, they saw a woman who appeared to be about 50 years old on fire and unresponsive. Officers tried to put out the flames until firefighters arrived to extinguish the fire.
Paramedics took the victim to University of Chicago Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.
The Chicago Police Bomb & Arson Unit was investigating the cause of the fire.
Chicago Fire Department officials planned to return to the block where the fire happened on Tuesday morning to pass out free smoke detectors and fire safety literature, which is standard practice for the Fire Department after a fatal fire.
