Tragedy Strikes as Chicago Firefighters Battle High-Rise Blaze.
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A high-rise fire in Chicago's Gold Coast area left one firefighter dead and three others injured. The fire broke out on the 27th floor of the building, and the elevators stopped working at some point. The deceased firefighter was identified as Jan Tchoryk, who had been on the job since 1997 and was a Navy veteran of Desert Storm. The incident comes one day after a firefighter died in the line of duty in the West Pullman neighborhood.
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