Firefighter seriously hurt battling Rogers Park fire has died

A 32-year-old firefighter who was seriously hurt battling a fire in Rogers Mark Monday morning has died.

The firefighter, Michael Altman, was taken to Stroger Hospital with serious injuries and was pronounced dead Tuesday, according to authorities.

Fire officials told reporters outside Stroger Altman would have made two years of service for the department in May.

A procession from Stroger Hospital to the Cook County medical examiner’s office on the Near West Side is taking place as of 12:45 p.m., according to a Monroe District police lieutenant.

The firefighter was among those responding to a fire at the back of the four-story multi-unit building at 1757 W. North Shore Ave. that began around 11:20 a.m. Monday when he fell through the floor, Chicago Fire Department Deputy District Chief Kelly Burns told reporters at the scene Monday afternoon.

“He was there one second, and he was in the basement the next,” Burns said. “They had him out within, I’m going to say, under a minute from the basement.”

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