Two-alarm fire leads to building collapse on West Side
Massive two-alarm fire reported on Chicago's West Side
A building on the city's West Side has collapsed after it went up in flames Wednesday night.
CHICAGO - A building on the city's West Side collapsed after it went up in flames Wednesday night.
The incident happened around 8:30 p.m. in the 1300 block of West 16th Street at Loomis.
The two-and-a-half-story building that caught fire has collapsed, but no injuries were reported. Everyone was able to escape the building safely.
Firefighters upgraded the fire to a second-alarm and utilized ladder trucks to help extinguish the flames.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation. We'll bring more updates to this story as they become available.