CHICAGO (WLS) — Fires just miles apart in West Englewood have left one woman dead and another seriously injured, Chicago police said.
The first fire was at about 10:15 p.m. Tuesday in the 7000-block of South Bell Avenue.
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Police said firefighters responded to the scene, extinguished the fire and found a 75-year-old woman with burns on her body.
The woman was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where she was later pronounced dead, police said. No other injuries were reported.
A few hours later at about 1:08 a.m. Thursday in the 6300-block of South Oakley Avenue, firefighters responded to three houses on fire.
The fires were extinguished and a 39-year-old woman was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where she was listed in serious condition, police said.
A neighbor said he got home from work as the fire was burning right next to his home.
“It was literally this close to reach the roof of my house,” the neighbor said. “My son, he called me, something is on fire, I can smell. He was sleeping and I had just come back from work.”
No other injuries were reported and four adults were displaced, police said.
Chicago police and the Chicago Fire Department are investigating the cause of the fires.
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