Fire Tears Through a Building Near Western Avenue in Blue Island, Displacing Residents; No Injuries Reported
Fire crews from Blue Island and neighboring departments worked a large building fire near Western Avenue on Saturday afternoon. The city said no injuries had been reported, and the Red Cross was helping people displaced by the fire find temporary housing.
Fire crews worked into Saturday evening on a large building fire in Blue Island, the Cook County suburb southwest of Chicago. According to a press release from the City of Blue Island reported by FOX 32 Chicago, the Blue Island Fire Department, with assistance from neighboring fire departments, was working to extinguish a fire near the intersection of Western and Union avenues.
ABC7 Chicago reported that emergency crews responded to a large building fire Saturday at 128th Street and Western Avenue, and CBS 2 Chicago reported that the fire was a 2-alarm blaze that destroyed an auto repair shop in the 12800 block of South Western Avenue on Saturday afternoon. WGN-TV reported that the fire tore through a building, displacing residents and destroying homes and businesses, and that an investigation is underway.
The city said that at the time of its release, no injuries had been reported. City officials said law enforcement was working with the American Red Cross to find temporary housing for the people affected by the fire.
City officials said they will release additional information as it becomes available. The cause of the fire had not been announced in the reports read by this desk on Saturday night, and this story will be updated when officials confirm more.
