Overview
- Crews responded to a house fire in the 9600 block of South La Salle Street around 3 a.m. Thursday and later pronounced a 65-year-old man dead at the scene.
- Firefighters put out the blaze and discovered the man during a search of the home.
- Officials reported no other injuries and said no residents were displaced by the fire.
- Authorities have not released the victim’s name, and the Chicago Fire Department is working to determine what started the fire.
- CBS identified the location as Roseland on the Far South Side, while ABC7 and FOX 32 emphasized the early timeline and official statements from police and fire officials.