Cicero firefighter hospitalized with burns after falling from 1st floor into basement while battling house fire, spokesman says
Chicago Tribune |
Dec 17, 2021 at 12:57 PM
Firefighters continue to
extinguish a blaze at a home in the 5400 block of West 30th
Place in Cicero on Dec. 17, 2021. A firefighter was injured
when he fell through the first floor to the basement during
the incident. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)
A Cicero firefighter was
hospitalized with first- and second-degree burns after he
fell through the first floor to the basement while fighting
a house fire Friday morning, and three other firefighters
suffered minor burns rescuing him, a town spokesman said.
About 5:45 a.m., firefighters
responded to a fire in the basement of a single-family home
in the 5400 block of West 30th Place, Cicero spokesman Ray
Hanania said.
Firefighters were walking into
the house when the first floor collapsed into the basement.
One firefighter fell through suffering second-degree burns
to his neck and first-degree burns to the back and chest,
Hanania said.
Firefighters continue to
extinguish a blaze at a home in the 5400 block of West 30th
Place in Cicero on Dec. 17, 2021. A firefighter was injured
battling the blaze. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)
The injured firefighter was taken
to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood where he was
doing “OK,” Hanania said he was told.
Three other firefighters were
treated for minor burns while rescuing the firefighter,
Hanania said.
The fire progressed through the
wall and reached the attic, Hanania said. The fire was
extinguished about 10 a.m. and the cause is under
investigation, he said.
