Evergreen Park and Homewood are mourning the death of Homewood firefighter Brian Carey, 28, who was killed Tuesday night while trying to rescue a wheelchair-bound resident from a burning house in Homewood.
Carey, who his father said had wanted to be a fireman since he was a child, had been a full-time firefighter/paramedic since December.
Carey, who lived at home in Evergreen Park, was a 1999 graduate of Brother Rice High School on Chicago’s Southwest Side.
Homewood Fire Chief Bob Grabowski said Wednesday that Carey was the first firefighter killed in the line of duty in the village.
Wendell Elias, 84, a World War II veteran, was the man Carey was trying to save. He also died in the fire in his home at 17622 Lincoln Ave. His wife, Bertha, 89, escaped the blaze and is in stable condition at South Suburban Hospital in Hazel Crest.
A second firefighter, Karra Kopas, 21, was injured in the fire and is in stable condition at the University of Chicago Burn Center.
Firefighters from 24 fire departments assisted Homewood firefighters as did police from five neighboring communities.
Homewood firefighter dies in fire
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