{"id":894042,"date":"2026-06-26T11:50:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T11:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/894042\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T11:50:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T11:50:18","slug":"edgewater-chicago-fire-today-breaks-out-at-wyndham-apartments-near-west-foster-avenue-and-north-sheridan-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/894042\/","title":{"rendered":"Edgewater, Chicago fire today breaks out at Wyndham Apartments near West Foster Avenue and North Sheridan Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">CHICAGO (WLS) &#8212; Crews battled a large fire at a high-rise building on Chicago&#8217;s North Side on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Chopper 7 was over the scene near West Foster Avenue and North Sheridan Road in the city&#8217;s Edgewater neighborhood around 6 a.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\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24\/7. Click here to watch<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Flames could be seen shooting out of a unit on the fourth floor as large plumes of thick smoke billowed from the building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Multiple firetrucks were on the scene as firefighters doused part of the Wyndham Apartments, a 12-story residential building, with water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">CFD said the flames were extinguished by 6:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Sheridan Road is closed in both directions between Foster and Berwyn avenue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">What started the fire was not immediately clear, and authorities did not immediately say whether anyone was injured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">This is a developing story. Check back with ABC7 for updates.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO (WLS) &#8212; Crews battled a large fire at a high-rise building on Chicago&#8217;s North Side on Friday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":894043,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5124],"tags":[362418,960,5463,11222,46098,5462,105325,105324,5386,1818],"class_list":["post-894042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago","tag-362418","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-breaking-news","tag-chicago-fire","tag-chicago-fire-department","tag-chicago-news","tag-edgewater-chicago","tag-edgewater-fire","tag-il","tag-illinois"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116816263921488165","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894042","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=894042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/894042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/894043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=894042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=894042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=894042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}