Chang Ying Ginseng Hong has been in Chicago's Chinatown neighborhood for more than 30 years. But now, a devastating fire has left the business ravagedIt called Chinatown home for decades, but now, a longtime business in that community is left ravaged after aA gate surrounds the now gutted multi-use business following a fire Saturday night. While it is now out, some new challenges remain for some nearby businesses.
"The electricity was down. They came back this morning. Down 24 hours, so a lot of inconvenience," said Ng, owner of Peace Pharmacy. "How are we going to talk to doctors? There's no phone. And how are we going to process these prescriptions with insurance companies if all this is not working," said Glenn Balas, who works at Peace Pharmacy."I feel the intensity of the heat. I saw the huge fire spring from the other building onto my building," neighbor Litao Tan.