Frozen Fire Hydrant Hinders Firefighters' Battle in Deadly Stony Island Blaze

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Frozen Fire Hydrant Hinders Firefighters' Battle in Deadly Stony Island Blaze
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An 81-year-old woman died after being pulled from a fire with severe burns in Chicago’s Stony Island neighborhood as firefighters say rescue efforts were complicated by a frozen fire hydrant. Authorities said they responded to the scene just before 2 a.m. Tuesday in the 8200 block of South Cornell Avenue. There, police said an 81-year-old woman “was removed from the…

The fire remained under investigation Tuesday morning but firefighters at the scene told NBC 5 their efforts to put out the blaze were challenged due to the fire hydrant in the area being frozen.

Wind chills dropped as low as -10 degrees at O'Hare Airport Tuesday morning, but even colder conditions were expected to arrive Tuesday evening and into Wednesday morning.A second fire broke out around 1:30 a.m. in the 3800 block of South Wells, leaving a 60-year-old woman in critical condition.

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