VIDEO: Three Chicago police officers were hurt this weekend while saving residents from a burning apartment in Bronzeville.
As CBS 2’s Mike Puccinelli reported, the officers rushed in before Chicago firefighters arrived. They knocked on doors to wake people sleeping inside before the smoke and flames overwhelmed them.
The fire broke out Sunday night in a three-story apartment building at 4820 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.
Four other people were also hurt in addition to the three officers. Despite a massive amount of smoke, witnesses said the officers ran into the burning building trying to get people out.
“Piece of the roof were falling on our head,” said Diana Pierce. “It hit me and I think it hit some of the officers realized something was going on, but we could not see going down the stairs.”
Video showed the heavy flames coming from the roof of the building, but firefighters believe the fire actually started in the basement before quickly spreading to the upper floors.