Summer Day-Stewart, who died following a house fire earlier this week, is being remembered by her best friend of more than 20 years as a ray of light, a caring person and an amazing mother who would do anything for her children. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen reports.
Two of a Chicago firefighter's children have died from injuries sustained in a house fire that also claimed the lives of their mother and brother earlier this week, according to authorities.
The four relatives were seriously injured when a fire broke out at the family home Tuesday night in the 2500 block of North Rutherford Avenue in the city's Montclare neighborhood. When the initial call of the blaze came through, a Chicago firefighter overheard his home address on dispatch, raced to the scene with a Battalion Chief and found his house on fire.
He performed CPR on his wife and children, who suffered smoke inhalation and were transported to area hospitals. On Thursday, two days following the fire, the couple's 7-year-old son, Ezra Stewart, was pronounced dead, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office. Ezra's mother, Summer Day-Stewart, 36, died one day later, authorities said.
Emory Day-Stewart, 2, and Autumn Day-Stewart, 9, both later died as a result of their injuries, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.
According to officials, the cause of the blaze is currently being investigated by The Chicago Fire Department's Office of Fire Investigation.
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