Fire Rips Through Hyde Park Home, Leaving Firefighter Hurt And 2 Displaced

A firefighter suffered minor injuries after a fire broke out in a home behind the Hyde Park Shopping Center Tuesday evening.

Jamie Nesbitt Golden

6:38 PM CST on Jan 7, 2020

Firefighters work to put out a blaze at a home near 55th Street and Blackstone in Hyde Park Tuesday evening.

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HYDE PARK — A firefighter suffered minor injuries after a fire broke out in a home behind the Hyde Park Shopping Center Tuesday evening.

About 5 p.m., a fire broke out in a row house in the 1400 block of East 55th Street, according to Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford.

Fire shot through the roof and backyard of the home, forcing firefighters to shut down traffic between Lake Park and Dorchester Avenues. It took a little more than an hour for crews to extinguish the blaze.

A group of first responders watch as firefighters work to put out the fire at Hyde Park home Tuesday night.

The cause of the fire was under investigation.

Jamie Nesbitt Golden

jamie@blockclubchi.org

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