Health & Fitness
1-Year-Old Boy, 2 Adults Hospitalized After Fire In Chicago's South Shore Neighborhood
Officers and firefighters were called at 6:35 p.m. Saturday for an accidental fire at a home in the 6800 block of South Merrill Avenue.
August 10, 2026
A 1-year-old boy was left in critical condition, and two adults were also injured, after a fire in Chicago's South Shore community this weekend.
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Chicago police said their officers and firefighters from the Chicago Fire Department were called at 6:35 p.m. Saturday for an accidental fire at a home in the 6800 block of South Merrill Avenue.
The Chicago Fire Department put out the flames.
