Second extra-alarm fire hits West Side for in as many days as heat wave holds

For the second straight day, Chicago firefighters had to battle an extra-alarm fire on the city’s West Side as a heat wave lingered over the city and much of the Midwest, though officials said no one was injured in the blaze.

The latest fire occurred just after 6 p.m. in a two-story brick building Wednesday afternoon at 2810 W. Grand Ave. in the Humboldt Park neighborhood, Chicago Fire Department officials said in a post on social media.

First District Fire Chief Jim McDonough said...