CHICAGO – Firefighters are investigating how a fire broke out on the fourth floor of a senior living high rise in Uptown on Tuesday night.
“It didn’t look good,” said Verneist Taylor, a caregiver who evacuated down a stairwell from the seventh floor. “They were resuscitating her. She wasn’t breathing.”
Shortly after 5 p.m., Taylor said she saw and smelled smoke during a client’s visit to the 27-story high rise.
Menzola Burford was visiting her mother, who lives on the eighth floor.
The fire had broken out in a fourth floor unit. Three of its occupants were transported to local hospitals. They are believed to have suffered from smoke inhalation.
Fortunately, responding firefighters and those sprinklers were able to contain the fire to a single unit.
Haynes said all remaining occupants were accounted for Tuesday night.
