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Fire breaks out at Ill. restaurant shortly after founder’s death

One firefighter was injured when he cut his hand at the scene

CBS Chicago

LICOLNWOOD, Ill. — The founder of an award-winning steakhouse in Lincolnwood has died, around the same time a fire damaged the restaurant on Wednesday.

WBBM Newsradio’s Regine Schlesinger reports, around 2:30 a.m., Myron Freedman died at the age of 95.

A short time later, a fire broke out in the storeroom of Myron & Phil’s, the steakhouse and seafood restaurant he and his brother founded 43 years ago at 3900 W. Devon Av. Freedman’s son, Mark, called it an eerie coincidence.

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