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Chicago police officers run into apartment fire to alert residents in Washington Heights

Chicago police officers run into apartment fire to alert residents in Chicago
Chicago police officers run into apartment fire to alert residents in Chicago 00:39

CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago police ran into a burning building in Washington Heights on Monday night. 

Police said the officers were on patrol, around 9:40 p.m., when someone ran up to report a building on fire in the 9000 block of South Laflin Street. 

The officers entered the building and alerted residents to evacuate. 

"I came to the front, and I saw the lights flashing and everything. And then I opened up the door, and the neighbors told me the house was on fire," a resident told CBS News Chicago. 

Fire officials said no injuries were reported. Four people were displaced by the fire. 

The Chicago Fire Department is investigating the cause of the fire. 

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