3 people injured in apartment building fire on Chicago's South Side
CHICAGO -- Two firefighters and a third person were injured in a fire in the South Shore neighborhood Monday evening.The fire broke out on the second floor of a three-story, multi-unit apartment building in the 1400 block of East 69th Place, at the intersection with Dante Avenue.Assistant Deputy Fire Commissioner Donald Walker said a still-and-box alarm was called for additional equipment and manpower due to the number of calls the Fire Department received.
A photo supplied by the Fire Department showed smoke and fire damage in center of the building, and in a unit on the east side of the front of the building. The windows were broken out in all the units in the front on the building's east side.Walker said two people jumped out the second-floor window to escape the fire before firefighters came. They were not injured.The fire was under control by around 6:45 p.m.Karen Woodard lives next door to the building that caught fire.
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