Multiple Residents Displaced After Fire Sweeps Through East Lakeview Apartment Building
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CHICAGO (CBS) -- Multiple residents were displaced early Sunday when a fire swept through an apartment building in East Lakeview.
The fire broke out just before 4 a.m. in the building in the 800 block of West Bradley Place, just off Halsted Street.
The Fire Department said a 2-11 alarm was called for extra resources.
Video posted to the Citizen app showed a column of fire consuming the wooden rear porch structure and also raging inside parts of the building. The fire consumed the second and third floors of the four-story building.
The Fire Department said Sunday morning that six residents were displaced and left in the cold.
No injuries were reported.
The cause of the fire was under investigation Sunday evening.
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