City

Chicago

County

Cook

State

IL

Location

4900 block of West Potomac Avenue, Chicago, IL

Category

Fire

Severity

high

Priority

high

Occurred On

2026-10-07 11:20:00

Published On

2026-10-07 13:17:00

Source Records

1

Source

Chicago Fire Department employee sent to hospital from fire on West Side, sources say

Source URL

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Summary

A still-and-box alarm was raised for a house fire; one Chicago Fire Department member was hospitalized in fair-to-serious condition and two people declined treatment.

Verification

Occurrence Confidence

exact

Publication Confidence

exact

Verification Status

source-linked

Source Role

local news