United States: About eight people have been transported to the hospitals from the scene of a building explosion in Chicago on Tuesday morning, as per the Chicago Fire.
Chicago Fire shared the information on their official social media account; three individuals are listed in severe to critical condition. The source of the explosion is not known at this time as well as remains under investigation, and the Chicago Police bomb unit, as well as ATF, are working on the scene where the incident took place to assist.
Moreover, Deputy Fire Commissioner Marc Ferman could not share more details of the victims’ conditions in a brief news conference but told reporters he’d heard the injuries range from “burns to traumatic injuries.”
Ferman mentioned in the statement that fire companies were dispatched about 9 a.m. local time, as well as the first unit to arrive, a battalion chief, called for a collapse response after seeing “some sort of an explosion and a partial collapse of the upper floor of a residential building.” The battalion chief also called for the response of dangerous material, Ferman expressed.
Along with this, authorities had to conduct a “technical sort of search” of the building because of its condition, Ferman said.
The upper floor was “compromised,” so technical experts were called in to help the structure with struts so rescue personnel could safely search for victims as well as remove debris.
Furthermore, the building has four stories as well as 35 units, Chicago Fire stated on the official social media account, and investigators are looking at the top floor as the possible source.
