What is 2018 Little Village fire?
On August 26, 2018, a fire broke out in [[Chicago]]'s Mexican-American [[South Lawndale, Chicago|Little Village]] neighborhood. The fire killed 10 children, including six under the age of 12.<ref name=NPR>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/08/27/642299525/one-of-chicagos-deadliest-fires-claims-eight-lives-most-of-them-children|title=Apartment Fire Kills 10 Children In Chicago's Little Village Neighborhood|date=August 27, 2018|access-date=August 28, 2018|publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref> Investigators stated that the fire started in the back of the building in a ground-floor apartment, which was vacant.<ref name=NPR/> The fire is the deadliest residential fire to have occurred in Chicago since 1958.<ref name=Rahm>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180831/chicago-briefings-44-violations-at-site-of-little-village-fire|title=Chicago briefings: 44 violations at site of Little Village fire|publisher=Daily Herald|access-date=October 26, 2018|date=September 1, 2018}}</ref> In the aftermath of the fire, multiple violations were found in the apartment. Apartment owner, Merced Gutierrez, appearing in court for the 40 violations found at the site of the fire. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Little Village fire, 2018}} [[Category:2018 in Illinois]] [[Category:2018 disasters in the United States]] [[Category:2018 fires]] [[Category:2010s in Chicago]] [[Category:August 2018 events]] [[Category:Building and structure fires in the United States]] {{US-stub}}