Crime & Safety
10-Year-Old Girl Dies After Apartment Fire In Lansing, Illinois
The medical examiner's office identified the child as 10-year-old Braelyn Stewart of Dolton.
Updated on: July 15, 2026
A 10-year-old girl is dead following an apartment fire in Lansing, Illinois, on Monday night, medical examiners confirmed.
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Shortly after 7:30 p.m., the Lansing Fire Department responded to a two-story apartment fire in the 2900 block of Bernice Road, with heavy smoke and a person trapped inside.
Following a search, the child was found and removed from the apartment and taken to Munster Community Hospital for treatment. She was then transported to Comer Children's Hospital in Chicago in critical condition but later died.
