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2 die in Glendale Heights condo fire: police

Updated  August 24, 2020 3:41pm CDT
Glendale Heights
Sun-Times Media Wire

2 die in Glendale Heights condo fire: police

Two people died Monday morning in a Glendale Heights fire that also injured a child and four first responders in the west suburbs.

GLENDALE HEIGHTS, Ill. - Authorities on Wednesday released the names of a 4-year-old child and man found dead Monday in a fire at a Glendale Heights condominium.

Salman Khan, 4, and Shafath Kahn, 46, both died at the Waters Edge condominium complex, 170 S. Watersedge, according to DuPage County Coroner Richard Jorgensen.

Autopsy results have not been released.

Neighbors reportedly heard a boom before the fire, media outlets reported, but police had still not released details about possible suspicious circumstances Wednesday.

The fire spread to several units at 10 a.m. Monday, police said.

In addition to the two fatalities, eight first responders were injured as well as a child, Glendale Heights police deputy chief Brandon Oliver said Tuesday. All of the injured, which included four fire fighters and four police officer, have since been released from hospitals.

No one was in custody in connection to the fire Tuesday, Oliver said.