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2025: 16 Fires

Photos / images of the building were either taken during the fire or after the fire (from various sources).

2025 Fires Map

December 13

6401 S. Yale Avenue

CHA Vivian Carter Apartments (Senior Housing)

  • Fire on 6th floor

  • Same building had a fire on October 4, 2023

  • This apartment building was built in 1971 and has 14 stories with 221 units.

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December 12

2001 S. Michigan Avenue

Long Grove House Apartments

  • Fire on 4th floor

  • This apartment building was built in 1974 and has 30 stories.

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December 2

1749 N. Wells Street

K Square Apartments

  • Fire on the 3rd floor

  • 1 resident with smoke inhalation, transported by ambulance

  • This apartment building was built around 1970 and has 24-stories.

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November 30

4747 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive

Luther Terrace Apartments

  • Fire on 5th floor

  • 1 resident injury

  • This apartment community was built in 1974 and has 22 stories with 315 units.

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October 15

5201 S. Cornell Avenue

Cornell Village Tower Condominiums

October 7

1369 E. Hyde Park Boulevard

Ivy at Fairfax Apartments

September 25

1170 W. Erie Street

Northwest Towers

September 7

4825 S. Drexel Avenue

  • Fire broke out on the 9th floor of the 15-story high-rise multi-family building. Built in 1970.

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August 17

850 N. Dewitt Place

  • Fire broke out on the 15th floor of the 22-story high-rise condominium building. 215 Units. Built in 1959.

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July 29

7337 S. South Shore Drive

Lake Terrace Condominiums

  • Mattress fire on the 2nd floor of the 15-story high-rise condominium building. 27 units total.

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May 22

300 S. Damen Avenue

West Point Plaza Apartments

  • Fire broke out on the 6th floor of a 21-story high-rise for seniors (age 62 and older) and disabled adults of any age. The building is only partially protected with fire sprinklers (fire sprinklers in common areas and hallways, but not in living units).

  • 1 dead, 2 residents injured

  • Same building had a fire that killed a resident in 2015

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March 16

7022 S. South Shore Drive

The Townhouse Apartments

March 4

6900 S. Crandon Avenue

6900 Crandon Apartments

  • Fire broke on 8th floor of 151-unit high-rise for seniors and disabled residents

  • 3 residents injured

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February 5

500 E. 33rd Street

Lake Meadows Apartments

January 13

150 S. Campbell Avenue

CHA Alfreda Barnett Duster Apartments

January 2

1030 N. State Street

Newberry Plaza Condominiums