At least eight people, including one firefighter, were hospitalized Saturday after fire ripped through a motel on Chicago’s South Side.
Firefighters were called to the Seville Motel on the 9100-block of South Stony Island where the blaze was burning on the second floor of the two-story structure.
ABC7 is told the fire started at approximately 4:15 a.m. Dozens of firefighters responded and were having a hard time extinguishing the fire. Flames could be seen shooting from the motel’s roof as late as 8 a.m.
“As you can see right now are, the fire is still up in the roof area, and we have it under control now. It’s not going to get any worse. We got all the people out,” said Chief Michael Fox. “The fire is running the whole length of the building.”
