The fire started around 10 a.m. in a two-story apartment building in the 1600 block of North Mayfield Avenue in the Austin neighborhood.
The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office identified the victim as Maurice O'Neal, 70.
"I was really sad. I've known him since the third grade, and he was super welcoming, and so nice, and he always said hi to me whenever he saw me. He even knew my nephews' names. Yeah, this is really sad," Koya Scott said."Very nice guy. He would sit in his van every day, and just listen to music."A firefighter was injured during the fire, and was taken to Rush University Medical Center in good condition.
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