Neighbors saved kids from a Hanover Park fire killed their grandmother and hurt two firefighters in the 7300 block of Thornwood Street, locals said.
Neighbors heroically jumped into action when a deadly fire broke out at west suburban home on Sunday afternoon.
The Hanover Park blaze, which broke out around 4 p.m., killed a grandmother in her 80s, according to people who live in the area. Neighbors helped police rescue two young kids from the house in the 7300 block of Thornwood Street, but they said there just wasn't enough time to get to that woman. "We were working on the car, and we saw the fire, so we run and I said, 'Maybe they're burning leaves,'" said Esther Corredor and Victor Sanchez."We see the smoke coming through the door, so he went and opened the door, and right away, got the kids," Corredor said.
Neighbors said this happened as a grandmother was watching her young grandchildren while their parents were at work. The kids made it out safely without any injuries."I go back to the grandma but I can't open the door... It had a lot of smoke and I could not go in," Sanchez said.Once firefighters arrived, she was found inside the home and pronounced dead on scene.The fire chief said the fire likely started by accident, but the cause is still being investigated.
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