A massive fire broke out in a large apartment complex in Chicago, resulting in the death of one and the hospitalization of nine others, according to reports.
Officials say they told some residents to shelter in place during the blaze, but some say their loved ones never knew there was a fire because no alarms or alerts went off in the building.
Reports also note the building was not up to code, failing all seven of its last inspections.
Recent Spelman graduate and renter at Harper Square Amaris Shani took to social media to thank people for reaching out to her to check on her family. She said while everyone was safe, she had issues with the building management’s failure to alert them about the fire.
“We’re all evacuated,” she wrote in her Instagram Story. “I had to leave work and travel from downtown, run up 9 flights of stairs, and get my family out the apartment because @harpersquare failed to alert residents that a fire was occurring.”
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