A woman and 15-year-old girl died in a house fire early Sunday in Gresham on the South Side.
Firefighters responded to a blaze about 4 a.m. and pulled out six people from the home in the 8600 block of South Hermitage Avenue, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
Porche Stinson Ford, 15, and Ieshia Ford, 34, were taken to Little Company of Mary Hospital, where they were pronounced dead, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. They both lived in the same block where the fire broke out.
Autopsy results were expected to be released Monday.
Two other women and two men were taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn for treatment, police said.
The home had no working smoke detectors, fire officials said.
Update: Sadly we update the EMS report from 8624 Hermitage. The critical transports to Little Company of Mary are now deceased. We do not have ages yet, one may be younger than first thought. (Langford) pic.twitter.com/9K6sel8oUv
— Chicago Fire Media (@CFDMedia) February 28, 2021
