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Fallen firefighters receive motorcade escort to Chicago funeral homes

By Fox 32 Digital Staff
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Chicago
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CHICAGO - Chicago mourns the loss of two firefighters killed in the line of duty this week. 

The bodies of Firefighter Jermaine Pelt and Lt. Jan Tchoryk were transported from the Medical Examiner's office to funeral homes Friday. 

Firefighter Pelt, 49, was killed while battling a multi-alarm blaze Tuesday morning at a home in the West Pullman neighborhood. 

Fallen firefighter Lt. Jan Tchoryk escorted to Norridge funeral home

Lt. Jan Tchoryk died of a heart attack while battling a fire at a high-rise in Gold Coast Wednesday. He had been a Chicago firefighter since 1997.

The ME officially ruled Pelt’s death an accident from inhaling smoke and soot.

Pelt served with the Chicago Fire Department since 2005. He leaves behind two children, a 6-year-old and adult daughter he recently walked down the aisle for her wedding.

New details released after firefighter dies in West Pullman fire

New details are being revealed in the fire that killed a 49-year-old firefighter Tuesday in the West Pullman neighborhood.

The next day, Lt. Jan Tchoryk, 55, died while battling a fire in a high-rise in Gold Coast. 

Tchoryk died of hypertensive-arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. The ME said he died of natural causes. 

Crews were responding to a fire on the 27th floor of a condo building near Division and DuSable Lake Shore Drive. Officials said Tchoryk collapsed on the 11th floor stairs. 

Tchoryk had been a Chicago Firefighter since 1997 and worked out of Tower 10 on Division.

Chicago firefighter Jan Tchoryk died of natural causes, autopsy finds

An autopsy found Chicago firefighter Lt. Jan Tchoryk died of natural causes while battling a blaze in the Gold Coast, the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

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Lt. Tchoryk was transported to a funeral home in Norridge Friday morning. Firefighter Pelt's body will be escorted to Blake and Lamb Funeral Home at 1 p.m. 

The outbound Eisenhower Expressway was closed past Damen Avenue for Tchoryk's procession. 

There will be rolling closures the entire way from the ME's Office to each funeral home.