>> breaking news tonight, on chicago's south side. an e motion has leveled a home. good evening, everyone, i'm robert jordan. >> and i'm jackie bangeric kirschner. >> dan is live on the city's south side with more. >> bob and jackie, impressive response by the chicago fire department. more than 150 firefighter on the scene. one man, serious to critical

condition. two other children were injured in this explosion, but we are told they are in good condition, expected to make a full recovery. joining me, chief from the chicago fire department. tell us what happened here tonight. >> at approximately 7:27 this evening, the we received phone calls from a possible house explosion. 12247 south oneda. fire department responded. full response, but due to the nature of the americansy, they immediately elevated it to a stolen box, what we call the stolen box response, due to a possible gas explosion, right now, it's under investigation and until we can determine what the cause was, it's to be determined because we don't know what caused it. >> was there a fire on the scene? >> the first arriving companies did not report a fire, which is

not uncommon. it's potential that the fire blew itself out. it's under investigation and it it has happened in the past in chicago where a small fire ignited it and immediately due to the exmotion, it blew the fire out. >> reporter: the gas company is here, electric company is here, are you clearing residents out? >> immediately, they determined an odor of gas because lines were fractured. immediately began sacking to the north and south of it, and as well as immediately across the street and to the rear, not knowing what the extent of the hazard was. >> we understand there was one person home at the time of the exmotion. >> one person in the residence when it blew up. he managed to make his way out on his own. immediately treated by ems when

they pulled up on the scene. >> reporter: two other victims, we understand, children, who were next door, not in the house. >> buildings to the north received structural damage. district chief, thank you so much for the information. >> bob and jackie, back to you. >> chicago police searching for information about the murder of a fellow officer are questioning a teen who is out of jail on parole. this, as the the information that leads to an arrest in this case is now up to $20,000. officer michael smith and steven peters were shot and killed friday afternoon. peters called police when he realized someone broke into his ford mustang. officers are questioning a 19-

year-old who lives across the alley where the murders took place. the man is on parole for a 2007 armed robbery conviction. we spoke with steven peters father about the shooting. >> he liked his cars. especially, he loved his mustang. it ended up costing him because that's what he was going out there to see about. whoever it was, was waiting for him and killed him. >> if you have any information about the murders, you are asked to call the chicago police. >> while police continue to investigate the murder of a chicago s.w.a.t. team member, fellow officers remembered their friend today. visitation in the chatham neighborhood for david blake wearing his olive green s.w.a.t. uniform. he was described as the ultimate partner, an aggressive cop, but a gentle friend.

>> to see another officer's family to go through this again, it has got to stop. i know everyone says it has to stop. we are going to come up with some plan and join forces with the police department because our families cannot go through this over and over and over. this is terrible. >> police have not announced any suspects. >> a man apparently jumped to his death at soldier field during a bears game. shortly before 5:00 p.m. , cording to witnesses. the unidentified man ran and jumped over a railing and fell onto the roof below. responders took the critically injured man to the hospital. he was pronounced dead. police are conducting an investigation. >> firefighters, hurt in a blaze on chicago's northwest side. the fire erupted in the rear of this two and a half story at

4720 west montana. one firefighters got into the building, they found two adults trapped on the second floor. they were taken to local hospitals in serious condition. fire lieutenant suffered injuries and he was hospitalized as well. >> a cta train barreled into a car critically injuring the driver of the vehicle and sending the train into the l stop. randy bellisomo has the story. >> reporter: this is all that is left -- the driver attempted to maneuver around lower barriers, but the maneuver did not work. >> we heard like a real big boom and it started to shake. >> reporter: the first car of the northbound trail derailed, damaging the station and sheering the side of the platform. ryan heard it from the inside of his home and ran to help the driver who couldn't get out. >> hess head was smashed

through the dashboard. is with like i have to do something, i started to pull the windsheild off him and stuff and just started to talk to him. he was bleeding. he was still alive. he was still breathing, i'm talking to him. trying to get junk off him. >> reporter: he he was unconscious and it seemed like he would pull through. when rescue workers arrived, they extricated him after 15 minutes of work. >> they have spreaders, and they have jaws. he was transported in critical condition. no cta customers were on the platform. passengers on board were not injured and were able to exit the last car. >> you are taught these things, but until you actually experience it, you don't know what to do. in all indications, the operator did a fantastic job. even after it was over, able to remain calm, called it in. do everything they were

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