A man died and a woman was critically injured in a fire Friday in West Pullman on the Far South Side.
Firefighters responded to reports of a blaze at a home with people trapped inside about 3 p.m. in the 11600 block of South Aberdeen Street, according to Chicago fire officials. A man and woman were removed from the home.
The man, identified as 91-year-old Clarence Johnson, was taken to Little Company of Mary Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5:52 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
The woman was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in “very critical” condition, officials said.
The cause of the fire was under investigation.
