Chicago Police Open Arson Investigation After Fire Damages Historic Swift Mansion On South Side

By Asal Rezaei and Todd Feurer, CBS Chicago

December 4, 2023

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Police were conducting an arson investigation after 10 people were displaced when a fire broke out at a historic mansion in the Grand Boulevard neighborhood on the South Side.

The Chicago Fire Department worked quickly to rescue people inside and salvage the Swift Mansion at 45th and Michigan. At least 55 fire personnel were called here to the scene, after the fire started in the attic just before noon. It was put out a short time later, but sparked up again around 2:40 p.m., and the second time the fire started, it burned for more than 90 minutes before firefighters put it out.

James Otis was inside when the fire started. He said firefighters had to drag him out.

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