A wall had already collapsed when crews responded about 1 a.m. to the fire at DiFoggio Plumbing & Sewer Contractors, 3220 S. Shields, according to Chicago Fire Media Affairs.


A second alarm was called in about 2 a.m. as firefighters took a “defensive mode,” officials said. The blaze was extinguished by 3 a.m. No one was hurt.

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In the tightknit Bridgeport neighborhood where he grew up, Michael DiFoggio was known simply as "Bird," a gregarious, hard-drinking plumbingcontractor who parlayed political connections into success as a real estate developer.
Through the years, DiFoggio had also developed a reputation for messy relationships, criminal theft convictions and recent tax troubles.