Son Of Chicago Firefighter, 7, Dies From Injuries Suffered In Fire: ME

CHICAGO — A 7-year-old boy who was among four people who sustained smoke inhalation during house fire earlier this week at a home belonging to a Chicago firefighter has died, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office said on Thursday.

Ezra Stewart was among those who were injured in the house fire, which took place in the 2500 block of North Rutherford Avenue near Chicago’s Elmwood Park neighborhood just after 9 p.m. on Tuesday, fire officials said. Fire officials said that four people had been removed from the home on Wednesday and were taken to a local hospital in critical condition.

Fire officials told NBC Chicago the home belonged to a Chicago firefighter, who was dispatched to the scene after he heard about the fire on a scanner while he was working at another location. The report indicated that the firefighter helped administer life-saving measures to his family members before they were taken to the hospital.

The firefighter’s 36-year-old wife and 2-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter were also injured in the blaze. The 7-year-old boy who was identified by the medical examiner’s office died Wednesday night. A spokeswoman for the Medical Examiner’s Office told Patch on Thursday that the boy’s cause and manner of death will be announced Thursday afternoon.

Chicago fire officials said that the house did have working smoke detectors and that the fire started in the kitchen and is being ruled an accident.