Four Dead in Overnight Fire in Chicago’s Rogers Park Neighborhood

By MES Dispatch Staff

The Briefing

• Four people died in an overnight fire at a residence in the 7000 block of North Paulina Street in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood, Chicago police said.
• The fire was reported shortly before 4:15 a.m. Thursday.
• The victims, two women and two men, were found unresponsive and taken to area hospitals, where they were pronounced dead.
• Police said no other injuries or displacements were reported.
• Fire officials are investigating the cause, and the victims’ names have not been released.

CHICAGO — Four people died in an overnight fire at a home on the city’s North Side early Thursday, Chicago police said, according to the Chicago Tribune.

The victims, two women and two men, were found unresponsive at a residence in the 7000 block of North Paulina Street in the Rogers Park neighborhood shortly before 4:15 a.m. They were taken to area hospitals, where all four were pronounced dead.

Police said no other injuries or displacements were reported. Fire officials are investigating the cause of the fire.

The names and ages of the victims have not been released.