Jermaine Pelt Death – On Tuesday, officials confirmed that a Chicago firefighter died in a house fire on the South Side. Two additional firefighters were injured. Tuesday about 3:30 a.m., a fire broke out inside a two-and-a-half storey residence at 120th and Wallace in West Pullman. Authorities believe the fire began in the home’s attic before spreading to its two adjacent structures.
One of the firefighters was transferred in critical condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where he eventually died. He was identified by fire officials as Jermaine Pelt, 49, who had been with the department since 2005. It looks that Pelt went down as crews were being escorted out of the building, according to an official. Lieutenant of the fire department dragged the firefighter from the house and performed life-saving procedures in an attempt to save his life.
According to the department, two additional firefighters are in stable condition. The residence was unoccupied at the time of the incident.
Jermaine Pelt Obituary and funeral plans will be released by the family…
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The wife and children of a Chicago fireman died of injuries received in a house fire on Tuesday. Summer Day-Stewart, 36, passed away at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, three days after her 7-year-old son Ezra. She was the wife of Walter Stewart, a local firefighter. Day-Stewart and her three children all had smoke inhalation.
According to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office, the couple’s other two children, a daughter aged 9 and a son aged 2, were pronounced dead on Friday and Saturday. They were unconscious during their hospital treatment. Tuesday night, the fire in the residence began in the kitchen. Walter was at work when a fire at his residence was reported.
The man’s father promptly identified his address, despite the fact that his truck had not been assigned to the fire. Following their departure in an SUV, the battalion leader drove him back to his residence. According to the spokesman for the fire department, Larry Langford, Stewart administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on his wife at the site.
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