Memorial at the home where a fatal fire broke out last week.Photo: Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty
Four members of a Chicago firefighter’s family have died after a fire broke out at their Montclare home last week.
The firefighter’stwo children— identified asEmory Day-Stewart, 2, and Autumn Day-Stewart, 9,according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office — died on Friday night. Autopsies have not yet been performed, a spokesperson told PEOPLE on Monday.
Their mother, 36-year-oldSummer Day-Stewart, died on Thursday, while7-year-old Ezra Stewartdied Wednesday, the medical examiner’s office previously said.
Afterwards, the mother and her three children, who all “suffered smoke inhalation,” were hospitalized “in critical condition,” police said at the time.
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Upon his arrival, Walter Stewart, a firefighter and EMT, performed CPR on his wife before she was taken to the hospital, fire department spokesperson Larry Langford told theSun-Times.
According to the fire officials, their homedid have smoke detectors.
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A Chicago Fire Department charity, Ignite the Spirit, israising money to help support the firefighter’s family.
An investigation into the house fire was suspended on Friday, Langford previously told theChicago Tribune, adding that it’s possible investigators will do a forensic analysis.
A fire department spokesperson previously told PEOPLE that preliminary information indicated the fire began in the kitchen.
source: people.com
