96-year-old dies after high-rise fire on Chicago’s Near West Side

A 96-year-old woman died nearly a week after an apartment fire at a high-rise on Chicago’s Near West Side on Thursday night.

A fire broke out inside a unit of West Point Plaza, a 21-story high-rise, in the 300 block of South Damen Avenue, on May 22, around 10:30 a.m.

Police said three people were taken to local hospitals with smoke inhalation…


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