Crime & Safety
West Side Fire Injures 2 People: Fire Department
UPDATED: A fire broke out in a single-story restaurant Tuesday afternoon in the Heart of Chicago neighborhood.
CHICAGO, IL — Smoke from a single-story fire on the West Side has injured two people Tuesday, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
The fire broke out in a Heart of Chicago restaurant in the 2000 block of West Cermak Road and was reported by the department at about 12:29 p.m. The damage to the building was widespread, and it took hours for crews to clean up the scene, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Fire department officials said a woman who suffered smoke inhalation from the blaze was listed in serious condition at Mount Sinai Hospital, the Tribune reports.
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More thick smoke at Cermak fire. pic.twitter.com/0O65A5hxoU
— Daniel Schell (@thedanielschell) October 25, 2016
UPDATED (7:09 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25)
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