Chicago Fire Department responding to extra-alarm high-rise blaze in Kenwood

CHICAGO (WLS) — Chicago firefighters are battling an extra-alarm blaze that has climbed through multiple floors of a South Side high-rise Wednesday, sending six people to the hospital.

The fire has spread to several floors floors of the 25-story Harper Square Co-Operative building in the 4800-block of South Lake Park Avenue, CFD spokesman Larry Langford said.

Video from scene showed the fire climbing up the building in a column, perhaps reaching as many as nine floors.

“The fire is lapping from one floor to the another via the outside walls and the windows,” Langford said.

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CFD said a 70-year-old woman was transported a hospital in critical condition. Officials said five other people were also transported to hospitals.

Alderman Sophia King said everyone in harm’s way have been evacuated from the building, but some residents can remain in the building safely.