{"id":509750,"date":"2026-01-12T01:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/509750\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T01:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T01:34:11","slug":"man-dies-in-back-of-the-yards-chicago-fire-today-in-4700-block-of-south-damen-avenue-police-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/509750\/","title":{"rendered":"Man dies in Back of the Yards, Chicago fire today in 4700-block of South Damen Avenue: police department"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WLS logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/origin-wls.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Monday, January 12, 2026 12:16AM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"ABC7 Chicago 24\/7 Stream\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">CHICAGO (WLS) &#8212; A man died in a South Side fire on Sunday afternoon, Chicago police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Police said a man was inside a home in the Back of the Yards neighborhood&#8217;s 4700-block of South Damen Avenue when a fire broke out just after 3:15 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/watch\/live\/11064984\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24\/7. Click here to watch<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The man, whose age was not immediately known, was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">His identity was not immediately released.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">How the fire started was not immediately clear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Area detectives are investigating.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Authorities did not immediately provide further information.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team Monday, January 12, 2026 12:16AM CHICAGO (WLS) &#8212; A man died in a South&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22774,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[227959,32419,107598,227958,960,5463,11222,5462,5464,105327,5386,1818],"class_list":{"0":"post-509750","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-227959","9":"tag-back-of-the-yards","10":"tag-back-of-the-yards-chicago","11":"tag-back-of-the-yards-fire","12":"tag-chicago","13":"tag-chicago-breaking-news","14":"tag-chicago-fire","15":"tag-chicago-news","16":"tag-chicago-police","17":"tag-fire-today","18":"tag-il","19":"tag-illinois"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115879560191386359","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}