CHICAGO (AP) — Fire officials say a blaze that killed two Chicago firefighters earlier this week was caused by wood or rubbish that was started on fire.
The fire at a vacant building on the city's South Side appeared to have been started by an open flame ignition. That's according to a news release from the fire department.
Department spokesman Larry Langford says investigators don't know who started the blaze or what the intent was. The Chicago Police Department's bomb and arson unit is investigating.
Two firefighters died Wednesday after a roof collapsed onto them. Firefighters Edward Stringer and Corey Ankum had been searching the burned, vacant building to make sure no vagrants were sheltering inside.
Fire officials say no civilians were found inside.
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.
The fire at a vacant building on the city's South Side appeared to have been started by an open flame ignition. That's according to a news release from the fire department.
Department spokesman Larry Langford says investigators don't know who started the blaze or what the intent was. The Chicago Police Department's bomb and arson unit is investigating.
Two firefighters died Wednesday after a roof collapsed onto them. Firefighters Edward Stringer and Corey Ankum had been searching the burned, vacant building to make sure no vagrants were sheltering inside.
Fire officials say no civilians were found inside.
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.
