A 5-year-old girl has died after a fire tore through an apartment building in Chicago one day after Christmas.
Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said the girl was found dead inside a bunk bed in the top-floor apartment a short time later, according to theChicago Sun-Times.
The bed was “pretty much consumed” with fire, which was quickly extinguished, Langford added.
Officials said the child’s father, who lives in the apartment with his family, was transported to University of Chicago Medical Center with “minor burns,” according to theSun-Times.
“It’s rough on the family, of course, and even the guys that responded,” said Ferman, “just looking in their eyes coming out, knowing that they couldn’t get there in time.”
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Deputy Fire Commissioner Marc Ferman and building owner Elliott Williams said the 5-year-old girl’s mother and two siblings, an infant and a 6-year-old, also live in the apartment, according to theSun-Times.
“We just want to reinforce and monitor children playing with matches,” Ferman said. “We always want to remind our kids not to play with matches — it’s always a dangerous situation.”
source: people.com
