Fire breaks out at school in Portage Park, Chicago police say​on May 8, 2025 at 9:51 pm

CHICAGO (WLS) — A fire broke out early Thursday morning at massive school campus in the Portage Park neighborhood, Chicago police said.

There was an emergence response around 1:06 a.m. Thursday at Chicago Academy High School/Elementary School in 3400-block of North Austin Avenue in Portage Park, Chicago police said.

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Chicago firefighters extinguished a fire on the school’s third floor, police said.

The building was not occupied at the time of the fire and no injuries were reported, CPD said.

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Video shows flames coming from part of the roof and smoke inside the school.

IN a message to students, CPS said all students who arrived at school have been moved to Thorp Scholastic Academy, where they will spend the day and return to Chicago Academy for dismissal.

The Chicago Fire Department said the fire started on the roof in an area where workers had been earlier in the day. The cause of the fire has been ruled accidental as earlier work which caused smoldering which later erupted in open flame.

The fire caused damage mainly to the roof with minor issues on the top floor inside,” CFD said.