5 adults and 1 child displaced by porch fire in Wrigleyville apartment building

CHICAGO (CBS)– A fire broke out at an apartment building in Wrigleyville Friday morning.

The fire chief at the scene told me that 5 adults and 1 infant were displaced after a fire in an apartment block just a stone’s throw from Wrigley. Everyone got out, the fire is out. A man told me he woke up to alarms with smoke up to his head (while laying in bed) @cbschicago pic.twitter.com/b2SF1preP3

— Jackie Kostek (@JackieKostek) June 10, 2022

According to the Chicago Fire Department, the fire started on a porch near the building, located at 3523 and 3531 N. Sheffield Ave.

CFD confirmed that five adults and one child were displaced by the fire.

A closer look reveals that removing existing roof hatches worked well to ventilate this morning’s fire in Sheffield. Cause and origin have yet to be determined in the fire that severely damaged rear porches and the top floor of the three-storey building. More at https://t.co/vhbRxCcLib pic.twitter.com/HpZ5rUYGFp

— Kris Habermehl (@KrisHabermehl) June 10, 2022

A resident told CBS 2’s Jackie Kostek that alarms woke him up and smoke overhead. He said he’d taken his keys and wallet, but had thought to grab a safe with a letter his father had written to him.

The cause of the fire is unknown at this time.

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