Man dies in fire started by unattended cooking on Chicago's South Side

CHICAGO - A man died early Wednesday after being pulled from a burning building on the city's South Side, according to authorities.

The backstory:

Chicago police and fire crews responded to a fire around 2:18 a.m. at an apartment building in the 7100 block of South Rhodes Avenue in the Park Manor neighborhood, officials said.

A 32-year-old man was recovered from the building by the Chicago Fire Department and transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. He has not yet been identified by the Cook County medical examiner's office.

The Chicago Fire Department said the cause of the fire was accidental and started from unattended cooking. Officials said no working smoke alarms were heard.

No other injuries were reported. The cause of the fire remains under investigation by the Chicago Fire Department.