Overview
- The house fire that struck Washington Heights early Monday left a 10-year-old dead and his 18-year-old brother in critical condition.
- Chicago police and fire crews arrived around 3:30 a.m. to a home on the 10400 block of South Green Street and found both boys inside.
- Family identified the child who died as London Woodard, who was taken to Roseland Community Hospital, while his brother was transported to Little Company of Mary Hospital.
- Relatives said the parents were sleeping upstairs and could not reach the boys downstairs, and neighbors said the mother ran to ask for help.
- Officials have not determined a cause, and CPD and fire investigators continue their probe as the family describes a desperate overnight struggle to escape.