Sunday, May 6, 2012

Sarge's Life Saving Award Goes to the Firefighters rescue quadriplegic man from South Side fire





Chicago firefighters rescued a quadriplegic man from a fire that broke out this afternoon at a South Side building in the city's Burnside neighborhood.

The fire broke out shortly after 12:05 p.m. at a 2-story brick building on the 9100 block of South Ellis Avenue, said Chicago Fire Department spokesman Chief Joe Roccasalva.

Firefighters rescued a quadriplegic man who was taken to Advocate Trinity Hospital as a precaution, Roccasalva said.

The fire was confined to one room, he said.

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