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Man critically injured in apartment fire on Northwest Side of Chicago

Man critically injured in Belmont Cragin apartment fire
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CHICAGO (CBS) -- A man was hospitalized in critical condition after an apartment fire Wednesday morning in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood.

Police said officers responded to a call of a fire shortly before 1 a.m. in the 2300 block of North Meade Avenue.

Firefighters pulled a man out of the fire, and he had burns throughout his body, and a laceration to his neck.

The victim was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in critical condition.

Police said a preliminary investigation indicated the laceration to his neck might have been self-inflicted before the fire.

The cause of the fire was under investigation Wednesday morning.

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