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  "path": "/news/2026/03/26/funeral-for-chicago-firefighter-killed-in-rogers-park-blaze-canceled-after-wife-goes-into-labor",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-26T14:08:37.728Z",
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  "textContent": "<p>The funeral for Michael Altman, a Chicago firefighter killed in a Rogers Park blaze earlier this month, was canceled after his wife went into labor Thursday. </p><p>The funeral, scheduled for Friday, will be rescheduled for a later date, according to the Chicago Fire Department. Visitation was still scheduled to take place Thursday from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel, 7740 S. Western Ave.</p><p>Altman was among the firefighters who <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/03/16/extra-alarm-blaze-erupts-at-a-rogers-park-building-possibly-injuring-firefighter\" target=\"_blank\" >responded to a fire</a> behind a four-story building in the 1700 block of West North Shore Avenue that started around 11:20 a.m. March 16, Deputy District Fire Chief Kelly Burns told reporters at the scene. Burns said he fell through a floor that collapsed.</p><p>Sheaves Slate, 27, was charged with murder, residential arson and aggravated arson injuring a firefighter in connection to the fire and was <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/03/23/chicago-crime-fire-michael-altman-cfd-sheaves-slate\" target=\"_blank\" >ordered detained at a court hearing Monday. </a></p>",
  "title": "Funeral for Chicago firefighter killed in Rogers Park blaze canceled after wife goes into labor",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-26T14:17:34.129Z"
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