A nearly 150-year-old building collapsed during an extra-alarm fire that spread to an apartment building, leaving a man injured Wednesday morning in Auburn Gresham.
About 9 a.m. the blaze started at a 2½-story vacant building at 7706 S. Peoria St. that was totally engulfed in flames when crews got there, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
Shortly after that, the building, built around 1880, began to collapse, and the flames spread next door, where a man was injured. He was taken to a hospital suffering from smoke inhalation, the fire department said. His condition was not released.
7704 Peoria 2-11 now struck out by 2-1-10. Original building totally involved upon arrival. Fire building collapsed. Building was vacant. Fire spread to apartment building but quickly stopped. One transport adult male for smoke .Two adults and two children displaced (LL) pic.twitter.com/mwknPzAxaS
— Chicago Fire Media (@CFDMedia) May 8, 2024
Two other adults and two children were displaced, the fire department said, and both fires were out as of 10 a.m.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
