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Woman rescued from townhouse fire in north Chicago suburb

Woman rescued from townhouse fire in Deerfield
Woman rescued from townhouse fire in Deerfield 00:41

CHICAGO (CBS)-- Woman was rescued from townhouse fire in Deerfield Thursday night. 

The Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Protection District said a kitchen fire broke out in the two-story home just before 8 p.m. When fire crews arrived, a man told firefighters his wife was still inside. 

"They had to carry her out. And she had soot all over her and she was not, I don't know how bad, it was pretty bad," Neighbor Ashley Kaye said. 

Both the man and woman were taken to the hospital.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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