CHICAGO (WLS) A woman was killed in a Gresham house fire Monday morning, the Chicago Fire Department said.
The fire broke out at about 9:56 a.m. in the 8000-block of South Hermitage Avenue, CFD said.
Firefighters found a woman unresponsive in a back bedroom. She was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition and was later pronounced dead.
Authorities have not released the identity of the victim.
The flames spread to a second house but firefighters were able to bring it under control and the fire was struck by 10:45 a.m.
The cause of the fire is not known. There were no working smoking detectors inside the home, CFD said.
2 wounded in drive-by on the Near West Side
By Sun-Times Media Wire
About 10:40 p.m., the man and woman, both 23, were inside their car in the 1300 block of South Halsted Street, preparing to leave when someone inside a passing white-colored vehicle fired shots, Chicago police said.
The woman was struck in the head and the man was struck in the knee and arm, police said. They were both brought to University of Chicago Medical Center where the woman is in critical condition and the man is in good condition.
After the shooting the man and woman continued driving and entered the Dan Ryan headed south, police said. Illinois State police were not available for comment Thursday morning.