Chicago Firefighters Face Tragic Losses and Safety Concerns.

The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office revealed that 55-year-old Jan Tchoryk, the Chicago fire lieutenant who passed away on Wednesday morning, died from natural causes due to hypertensive-arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Tchoryk was making his way up the stairs to the 27th floor when he went down at the 11th floor. He was rushed by colleagues to the lobby where life-saving measures were performed. He died as a result of his injuries. The cause of the fire was ultimately determined to be accidental due to “combustibles being too close to a heat generating appliance.”