A Chicago firefighter died Monday from injuries he suffered when he fell through a light shaft at a burning building, officials said.
Andrew “Drew” Price, 39, was helping battle a fire at a four-story building in the Lincoln Park neighborhood that began about 6 a.m., Fire Commissioner Annette Nance-Holt said.
Price was on the roof opening up holes for ventilation when he fell through a light shaft while putting out hot spots, Nance-Holt said, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
Price had been a Chicago firefighter since 2009, Nance-Holt said.
Fire department spokesman Larry Langford said it was too early to know what started the blaze. It damaged the inside of the building, which houses a ground-floor restaurant and apartments upstairs and is near the Lincoln Hall music venue, WLS-TV reported.
Price was the fourth Chicago firefighter to die in the line of duty this year.
“This job is a very, very dangerous job and we go to work and we never know if we’ll come home,” Nance-Holt said.
