A Schiller Park man has been charged within the hearth at a Lincoln Park Zoo cafe final month, in response to Chicago police.
Stephen Habel, 46, is charged with arson and arson inflicting harm to a firefighter, police mentioned.
@chicago.suntimes A person probably making an attempt to remain heat apparently began a fireplace in a storage space for a preferred Lincoln Park restaurant early Friday. The person and a firefighter have been taken to hospitals when propane tanks started burning at 4:20 a.m. at Cafe Brauer, 2021 N. Stockton Drive, Chicago Hearth Division officers mentioned. “The fireplace was within the shed the place the propane tanks are saved,” mentioned hearth division spokesperson Larry Langford. “The tanks have been on hearth.” A hazardous supplies alarm was referred to as throughout the emergency as a result of propane is flammable. A firefighter was taken to Rush College Medical Heart with a “very minor” harm whereas the 46-year-old man probably concerned with the hearth was hospitalized with a medical concern and brought to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Heart, the place he was in truthful situation, police mentioned. Neither harm was burn-related. Story: Mohammad Samra/Solar-Occasions Video: Courtesy of Catalina Marulanda
Firefighters responded to the scene of a reported fire when propane tanks started burning at 4:20 a.m. Nov. 22 at Cafe Brauer, Chicago Hearth Division officers mentioned. The fireplace was shortly extinguished, although a hazardous supplies alarm was referred to as as a result of propane is flammable.
A firefighter was taken to Rush College Medical Heart with a “very minor” harm, whereas Habel was hospitalized with a medical concern and brought to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Heart, the place he was in truthful situation, police mentioned. Zoo officers confirmed no animals have been harmed.
Officers had initially reported Habel might have been making an attempt to remain heat.
