One person died and a child was among three others injured in a fire Monday on the Southwest Side. | Chicago Fire Media
Chicago Fire officials responded to a basement fire about Monday morning in the 5700 block of West 64th Street.
A woman died and three people were injured, including a 7-year-old boy, after a fire broke out in the basement of a home Monday morning in Clearing on the Southwest Side.
The injured people evacuated from the home around 6 a.m. in the 5700 block of West 64th Street, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
Firefighters entered and found a 60-year-old woman in a bedroom in the rear of the home, fire officials said. Paramedics took her to Holy Cross Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, Chicago police said.
A 7-year-old boy was transported in serious condition to Loyola University Medical Center, police said. A 34-year-old woman was in fair condition at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, police said. A 60-year-old man was in good condition at Loyola.
The cause of the fire was under investigation.