At least three Chicago firefighters were injured at an extra-alarm blaze at a high-rise building on DuSable Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coastneighborhood, officials said.
At about 8 a.m., a 3-11 alarm was called at the building located at 1212 N. Lake Shore Drive where a mayday was called.
Officials said one firefighter was critically injured.
The critically injured firefighter was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, officials said. As of 8:45 a.m., all firefighters at the scene were located.
By 9:30 a.m., the main body of the fire had been put out and officials confirmed it was confined to one apartment on the 27th floor, which did not have sprinklers.
The building built in 1970 has 35 floors, according to online information.
The high-rise blaze was the second serious fire in two days. On Tuesday, 49-year-old firefighter Jermaine Pelt died in a West Pullman extra-alarm fire. Pelt served the Roseland neighborhood for 18 years as a member of Engine 75.
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