A funeral service will be held Wednesday for fallen Chicago Fire Lt. Kevin Ward who died from injuries suffered in the line of duty.
Visitation will be held at 9 a.m. at Fourth Presbyterian Church inWard and two other firefighters were injured while responding to a fire on Aug. 11 in the 8300 block of West Balmoral Avenue.
The fire – believed to have started in the basement of the home – prompted a mayday call. Ward was carried off on a stretcher and transported to Loyola Medical Center. He died nearly three weeks later surrounded by family at the hospital.Gov. J.B. Pritzker ordered flags to be flown at half-mast to honor Ward from sunrise Tuesday to sunset Wednesday.A Chicago Fire lieutenant has died weeks after battling a blaze at a house near O'Hare Airport.
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