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A Chicago firefighter died Wednesday following a high-rise fire in Gold Coast. He is the second CFD member to die in as many days.
At around 7:20 a.m., CFD tweeted that they responded to the 1200 block of North Lake Shore Drive, which is near the intersection of Division, for a still-and-box response.
Then a short time later, a mayday response was called for a firefighter down. Chicago fire said Lt. Jan Tchoryk was making his way up the stairs to the 27th floor when he went down.
