Chicago Firefighter’s 2 Remaining Children Die After Fire Claims Wife, Son

Chicago Firefighter’s 2 Remaining Children Die After Fire Claims Wife, Son
The 2500 block of North Rutherford Avenue, Chicago, in May 2019. A fire broke out in firefighter Walter Stewart’s home in this neighborhood on March 7, 2023. Google Maps/Screenshot via NTD
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CHICAGO—A Chicago firefighter’s two remaining children have died days after a fire at the family’s Northwest Side home also fatally injured his wife and 7-year-old son, authorities said.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office said firefighter Walter Stewart’s 2-year-old son, Emory Day-Stewart, and his 9-year-old daughter, Autumn Day-Stewart, died Saturday and Friday, respectively, from injuries related to smoke inhalation, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.