2012-12-24
Two elderly people were injured — one of them critically — during a fire Sunday morning on the 8th floor of a high-rise building for senior citizens in the Kenwood neighborhood on the South Side. An 85-year-old suffered burns to 25 percent of the body and was taken in critical condition to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, according to the Chicago Fire Department. A 67-year-old was taken in serious condition to the University of Chicago Medical Center. A still-and-box alarm and an EMS Plan 1 were called about 10 a.m. for the fire at 4949 S. Cottage Grove Ave. The fire was …