CHICAGO — An woman has died following an apartment fire in Uptown, fire officials said Monday.
Fire officials were called to a fire in the 1300 block of West Winnemac Avenue around 11 a.m. Saturday.
Fire officials said they took a woman in her 60s to the hospital in critical condition.
Chicago Fire Department officials tweeted Monday that there is now a fatality in that fire.
A firefighter was also injured in the fire.
Officials said the fire started on the bottom floor of a three story apartment building before spreading to the top floor.
The Red Cross said they have stepped in and are helping more than a dozen victims who were displaced by the fire.
The Chicago Fire Department’s tweet also said they would be handing out smoke detectors in the area Monday.