Two teens and one firefighter were injured in a 2-11 alarm house fire early Wednesday in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood, fire officials say.
According to authorities, the fire took place at 11361 S Edbrooke Ave. A 4:31 a.m. tweet from the Chicago Fire Department states that a Mayday call went out, and photos and video from the scene show smoke and fire billowing out of the back of a home.
Travis Winfield, who lives in the home, says his wife woke him up around 3:30 a.m. when she smelled smoke. Winfield says he then ran downstairs and found black smoke coming out of the basement, he told NBC 5.
According to Winfield, his wife, two daughters, 17-year-old son and 16-year-old son's girlfriend were all inside the home at the time of the fire.
As he, his wife and two daughters exited the home, Winfield says he noticed his son going back in. "I guess he dropped his phone and tried to go back for his phone, that’s what made him turn back around and try to get his phone and I guess the smoke caught him and kind of knocked him out," he says.
According to officials, the 17-year-old, who had to be rescued by firefighters, suffered smoke inhalation and burns to his arm, chest and face. He is currently in serious condition.
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The teen's girlfriend, officials say, who also had to be rescued by firefighters, suffered minor smoke inhalation.
A firefighter was also inured in the blaze, suffering first and second degree burns to the face piece area, authorities said.
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According to officials, the fire, which spread across two floors of the home, took approximately two hours to put out.
As long as we came out alive, you know, that’s all I was really worried about because for a minute I thought my son wasn’t going to make it up out of there," Winfield said. "But, thank God for the firefighters they came and did their job. They did a hell of a job.”
Authorities have not released a cause of the fire.
