Cell phone video posted on the Citizen app showed heavy smoke billowing from the North Riverside Park Mall Thursday as everyone inside the building was ordered…
Cell phone video posted on the Citizen app showed heavy smoke billowing from the North Riverside Park Mall Thursday as everyone inside the building was ordered to evacuate while firefighters responded to the scene.
“I’m grateful that they took care of this situation very quickly and very fast,” mall employee Beth Blasco said. “You never know, there’s a lot of stores over there.”“I didn’t know exactly,” she said. “I just hear screaming, like a lot of screaming, like get out, get out and I thought okay, was it a shooting?”Firefighters responded to the mall shortly after 11 a.m. near the intersection of Harlem Avenue and Cermak Road.The heavy smoke filled the sky just an hour after the mall opened its doors.
Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly“You never want to see that happen in your town,” he said. “Yes, there was a lot of smoke damage.” Shoppers and employees stood around in the parking lot waiting to see if anyone was hurt or if it was safe for the mall to reopen. Mengoni said cleanup is underway in the food court to clear the smoke.summer heat
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