Suspect in Chicago Apartment Fire That Claimed Four Lives to Face Court Amid Community Grief and Outrage
CHICAGO — A 23-year-old man accused of starting a deadly apartment fire in the Austin neighborhood is set to face a judge Saturday. Lontray Clark was arrested earlier this week in Springfield, Illinois, after a collaborative investigation involving local police and federal authorities from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The fire, which erupted on June 26 at the intersection of West North and North Laramie avenues, resulted in the tragic deaths of …