VIDEOS/PHOTOS: A massive fire early Monday morning in the Albany Park neighborhood destroyed two businesses and an apartment building, injuring one person and leaving several others homeless. More than 150 firefighters responded to the blaze at the corner of Montrose Avenue and Richmond Street.
The fire started around 3:30 a.m. and swept through a three-story apartment building at 4337-39 N. Richmond St. It spread to the neighboring building at the southeast corner of Richmond Street and Montrose Avenue â which housed Twisted Hippo Taproom and Eatery, and Ultimate Ninjas gym.
Late Monday, the Fire Department said the point of origin for the fire appeared to be in a gangway between the two buildings. The gangway had two sets of exterior stairs and the fire was believed to have started under one of them.
