Crime & Safety
1 Person Killed in Morgan Park House Fire After Possible Explosion
Neighbors said they heard explosion early Monday morning. Bomb and arson investigators on scene in Morgan Park.
ABC 7 News
One person has been killed in a house fire that occurred early Monday morning at 109840 S. Morgan Street.
Neighbors reported hearing an explosion and found the house engulfed in flames around 12:40 a.m. Chicago Fire Department crews arrived at scene moments later.
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News reports said that the front bay windows were blown out of the one-story home. The fire was struck at 1:20 a.m.
The Chicago Fire Department’s bomb and arson squad is investigating the fire to determine if there was a natural gas explosion. People’s Gas was also on the scene early Monday morning. Apparently the gas has not been shut off in the rest of the neighborhood.
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Neighbors told ABC 7 Chicago that a retired streets and sanitation department worker had lived in the home for eight years. No one else was injured in the fire.
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