Nov. 08--One of the candles from a memorial honoring slain 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee accidentally started a garage fire early Sunday morning in the Gresham neighborhood, police said.
No one was injured in the fire, which started about 2 a.m. at an average-sized garage in the 2000 block of West 80th Street, according to Chicago Fire Department Cmdr. Frank Velez.
Firefighters from Engine 129 used hand-held hoses to put out the fire, Velez said.
"It was accidental," according to a Gresham District police lieutenant. "One of the candles from the vigil set it off."
The blaze did not spread, Velez said, but the garage was damaged.
The fire is under investigation.
Tyshawn was lured into an alley at 80th Street and Damen Avenue and killed Monday afternoon, in what police are calling an execution murder.
