Tragedy Strikes Chicago Fire Department with Multiple Deaths and Injuries in High-Rise Blaze

A 26-year veteran of the Chicago Fire Department, Lt. Jan Tchoryk, died while responding to a blaze in a high-rise apartment building on Wednesday morning, the second firefighter to die in the city in as many days. With no sprinklers on the 27th floor and the elevators shut down, first responders had to climb all 27 stories to get to the blaze. Three other firefighters suffered non-life-threatening injuries while battling the blaze on Wednesday.