“she had been left in "absolute fear" and the sounds of the flames could be heard from inside her home.

“When we were in our living room, and we thought that another sporadic rainstorm hit Chicago, so we go outside in the windows, next thing you know, we just hear like lights everywhere

“he saw a body in the road after hearing a “loud bang,”

“residents had tried to put the fire out but could not because it had been so severe.

“Let me say this: If it was hand-to-hand and more people were getting killed, people would be banging the doors down,

“I felt absolute fear, you know, you don't expect to open your door and see a fire next to you.

“The houses were absolutely gutted. Their cars were damaged too,

“It was getting really hot, and if I stopped, it was going to be really hard to get going again