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<p>A blaze at an abandoned building on Chicago&#8217;s South Side has left two firefighters dead and 14 injured, officials said.</p>
<p>The men who died were among four firefighters buried in debris when the South Side building&#8217;s roof and one wall collapsed.</p>
<p>The injured included firefighters who rushed in to rescue their trapped colleagues, said Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford.</p>
<p>Four of those hurt suffered critical injuries but all 14 are expected to survive, Langford added.</p>
<p>The incident happened on the 100th anniversary of the Union Stock Yards fire, which killed 21 Chicago firefighters. That tragedy stood as the nation&#8217;s worst for firefighter deaths until 9/11.</p>
<p>The department was still reeling from another loss, a firefighter killed battling a restaurant fire earlier this year, when the South Side blaze broke out.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is a family and it&#8217;s very hard,&#8221; Langford said. &#8220;You had guys who were coming in off duty to help dig. Everybody wanted to help find people. It&#8217;s very hard on folks.&#8221;</p>
<p>The one-story brick commercial building had been abandoned for several years and utilities had long been cut off. Langford said the fire&#8217;s cause was uncertain but that it was possible that squatters had been living in the building and been burning debris inside to keep warm.</p>
<p>&#8220;The fire had no other way of starting,&#8221; he said.</p>
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