Firefighter injured while battling blaze at Chinese herbal medicine shop in Chicago’s Chinatown

CHICAGO (WLS) — A decades-old retailer in Chicago’s Chinatown neighborhood caught fireplace Saturday evening.

Hearth crews battled the flames for greater than two hours as some individuals have been compelled to evacuate and are actually left within the chilly.

There have been at the very least six fireplace vans seen on the scene at W. twenty third Avenue and S. Wentworth Avenue.

Chicago fireplace officers mentioned the blaze broke out simply after 8 p.m. within the rear of “Chang Ying Ginseng Hong,” a Chinese language natural medication store that is been on this neighborhood for greater than 30 years.

A neighbor who lives subsequent door mentioned the shop was closed earlier than the fireplace occurred.

He described feeling the warmth by way of his partitions earlier than dashing on his rooftop.

“Once I went up, I really feel the depth of the warmth. I noticed the massive fireplace spring from the opposite constructing onto my constructing, virtually onto the rooftop. So although there’s a wall in between, I really feel the depth of the warmth,” the neighbor mentioned.

A firefighter was lower whereas battling the blaze, however is predicted to be okay, fireplace officers mentioned.

The reason for the fireplace is underneath investigation.