A man died Wednesday night in an apartment fire in Buena Park on the North Side.
Fire crews responded just before 8:20 p.m. to a blaze in the 800 block of West Buena Avenue and found William Stearns, 62, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.
He was taken to Weiss Memorial Hospital, where he died. A preliminary investigation indicates he suffered smoke inhalation, police said.
Fire officials were investigating.
