Firefighters Monday tended still-smoldering blazes that broke out during a night of looting and arson when fans poured into the streets to celebrate the Chicago Bulls' second straight basketball championship.
Two people were critically burned late Sunday while trying to hide from looters who set fire to a liquor store on the South Side, police and hospital officials said.Police closed bars early, and officers on horseback cleared streets after the trouble started Sunday night.
More than 1,000 police officers helped restore order, and about 750 people were arrested, police spokeswoman Tina Vicini said.
A police officer was shot in the foot, and another was wounded in the calf, authorities said. Neither was seriously hurt.
Onlookers threw bricks or rocks at firefighters, who responded to several blazes on the West Side and elsewhere, said fire department spokesman Mike Cosgrove. A five-story commercial building was still burning this morning, but the fire was under control.
Bulls star Michael Jordan pleaded for calm.
"Let's enjoy ourselves, but let's not tear up the city. It's our city," he said in a televised interview after the Bulls beat the Portland Trail Blazers at Chicago Stadium.
Looting was reported from downtown Michigan Avenue's chic shops to a four-block strip of stores on the much poorer West Side and a gas station and beauty salon on the South Side.
Windows were shattered on at least 30 buses, but no one aboard was hurt, Chicago Transit Authority officials said.
On the West Side, looters broke shop windows and carried away carpet, liquor and food as police tried to disperse a crowd of hundreds. Some shopkeepers sprayed fire extinguishers to keep people away.
Dock's, a fast-food restaurant, was looted of frozen shrimp, fish and chicken, owner Randall Dawson said.
"The whole shopping center that I'm in is just ransacked," he said. "This is no celebration. Anybody who's a true Bulls fan would not be engaged in these activities."
On the north side, people jumped on two taxis, smashing them and turning them over.
"People are jumping on cars like they were trampolines," said Richard Clifton, a bellman at a hotel.
Around 11 p.m., police began going door to door to close taverns five hours early.