Chicago Fire Department battles blaze at Chang Ying Ginseng Hong in Chinatown; firefighter injured - WLS-TV

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A decades-old store successful Chicago's Chinatown vicinity caught occurrence Saturday night.

Fire crews battled the flames for much than 2 hours arsenic immoderate radical were forced to evacuate and are present near successful the cold.

There were astatine slightest six occurrence trucks seen astatine the country astatine W. 23rd Street and S. Wentworth Avenue.

Chicago occurrence officials said the blaze broke retired conscionable aft 8 p.m. successful the rear of "Chang Ying Ginseng Hong," a Chinese herbal medicine store that's been successful this vicinity for much than 30 years.

A neighbour who lives adjacent doorway said the store was closed earlier the occurrence happened.

He described feeling the vigor done his walls earlier rushing connected his rooftop.

"When I went up, I consciousness the strength of the heat. I saw the immense occurrence outpouring from the different gathering onto my building, astir onto the rooftop. So adjacent though determination is simply a partition successful between, I consciousness the strength of the heat," the neighbour said.

A firefighter was chopped portion battling the blaze, but is expected to beryllium okay, occurrence officials said.

The origin of the occurrence is nether investigation.

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