FATAL HOUSE FIRE WITH ONE VICTIM ON RIDGELAND AVE NEAR 16TH ST, BERWYN

THU APR 24 2014 ~11:20 AM
BERWYN FIRE DEPARTMENT
HOUSE FIRE/RESCUE/WORKING FIRE
1629 RIDGELAND AVE BERWYN, IL

FIRE IN A 1 1/2-STORY CHICAGO BUNGALOW. HEAVY FIRE AND SMOKE WITH AT LEAST ONE PERSON RESCUED/REMOVED FROM THE HOUSE. VICTIM WAS FOUND IN A FRONT ROOM, WHILE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM A REAR BEDROOM.

PATRICIA EMERY, AGE 61, WAS TRANSPORTED TO LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER IN MAYWOOD, WHERE SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 2:45 AM FRIDAY. THE COOK COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER RULED HER DEATH ACCIDENTAL FROM CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION FROM INHALATION OF SMOKE AND SOOT.

THE HOME DID NOT HAVE SMOKE DETECTORS.

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