4 people, including 3 students, killed in Chicago-area house fire

The Brief

  • A house fire in Crete early Wednesday morning left four people dead.
  • Three of the victims were students in Crete-Monee School District 201-U.
  • The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

CRETE, Ill. A house fire early Wednesday morning in Chicago’s south suburbs left four people dead, including three local students, officials said.

What we know:

Crete firefighters were called around 12:58 a.m. to Chalet Court. Crews arrived within nine minutes and found a one-story home engulfed in flames.

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