A fire on the city’s North Side has destroyed an insurance office and has closed Clark Street between Touhy and Lunt, according to officials.
The fire, which started early Saturday morning in the basement of the structure, occurred in a strip mall in the 7000 block of North Clark Street. According to officials, a State Farm Insurance office and a candy store located in the strip mall were both destroyed by the blaze.
A mayday call went out while firefighters were on the scene after a firefighter's leg broke through the floor of the structure and he became disoriented. The firefighter was able to free himself and continued battling the blaze, and was not injured, according to the department.
No one was injured in the fire, and no one was in side the building at the time of the blaze.
