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Chicago Firefighter Dies After Fall While Battling in Extra-Alarm Fire in Rogers Park
Michael Altman, a 32-year-old fourth-generation Chicago firefighter, died from burns after falling through a floor during a Rogers Park fire that displaced seven residents.
- Chicago Firefighter Michael Altman died Tuesday morning after falling through a floor while battling a blaze Monday in the Rogers Park neighborhood; the 32-year-old was assigned to Truck 47 in the Edgewater neighborhood.
- Officials said Altman fell from the first floor into the basement at a building on the 1700 block of West North Shore Avenue, where he suffered burns to 90% of his body before transport to Stroger Hospital.
- Visitation for the fourth-generation Chicago firefighter is scheduled from 3 to 8 p.m. on March 26 at St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel, followed by funeral services at 10 a.m. on March 27.
- Chicago Fire Commissioner Annette Nance-Holt said the department is "heartbroken by yet another loss," while Mayor Brandon Johnson stated, "Today, the city of Chicago not only lost a public servant, but we lost a hero."
- Police arrested a man on an unrelated warrant Wednesday who was sought in connection to the Rogers Park fire, as the cause of the blaze remains under investigation by the Chicago Fire Department.
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Chicago police arrest man sought in firefighter Michael Altman's death
An internal police bulletin said detectives were “seeking to interview and locate” the man about Monday’s deadly fire in Rogers Park. He was arrested Wednesday on an outstanding warrant in an unrelated case.
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Police Question Man In Death Of Chicago Firefighter
An internal Police Department document that was made public said detectives were seeking the person in connection with Monday's fire, which killed Altman, a 32-year-old father and fourth-generation firefighter. The man was arrested Wednesday in an unrelated case.
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