At Least 16 Left Homeless By Fire

March 16, 2007 Illinois - More than a dozen people, mostly children, were left homeless today following an apartment fire on the South Side that might have been caused by a child playing with matches, authorities said. No injuries were reported in the blaze, and the fire did not spread to neighboring buildings. The fire started around 11:15 a.m. on the first floor of the two-story building at 7248 S. Lowe Ave. in the Englewood neighborhood, authorities said. Flames engulfed the first and second ...