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Meropi Kyriacou Honored as TNH Educator of the Year
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
CHICAGO — Hundreds of firefighters battled a fire Thursday on Chicago's West Side that engulfed an auto parts warehouse.
Crews were called to flames shooting through the roof of Best Value Auto Body Supply, Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Merritt said. The fire sent billows of black smoke that could be seen for miles.
Merritt said it was "fully engulfed" and damage was "extensive."
Firefighters work to extinguish an extra-alarm fire at a commercial building in the 4400 block of W. 16th Street, on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP)
More than 250 firefighters and 90 engines and trucks responded to the fire, which was reported before 9 a.m. and was considered a hazardous materials incident due to the material inside the building, Merritt said.
No injuries were reported, the fire department said. The building most likely will be demolished, Merritt said.
