WGN is reporting - HOMEWOOD, Ill. - One of two firefighters critically injured in a Homewood house fire has died, in a blaze that also claimed the life of an elderly man, officials said this morning. A female firefighter is in critical condition with burns at the University of Chicago Hospital, a spokesman said. The Tuesday evening fire destroyed a house, fueled possibly by a number of oxygen tanks inside the home.
Sun times also has a story - A medical examiner's spokesperson also confirmed the death of firefighter Brian Carey. Carey, 28, was of the 9200 block of South Richmond Street in Evergreen Park and died from injuries sustained at a house fire at the Lincoln Avenue address, the medical examiner's spokesperson said. He was pronounced dead at 10:03 p.m. Tuesday at Advocate South Suburban Hospital in Hazel Crest.
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