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Working fire displaces residents near 81st Street

Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 08
04:09
00:00
Since you are ninety-nine, can you go a little east to eighty-first in Drexel? Eighty-one in Drexel, there is a building on fire.
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E 81st St, Chicago, IL 60619
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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a structure fire near East 81st Street between Maryland and Drexel in Chicago. The blaze involved an apartment building, initially confirmed as a bona fide working fire. Residents were displaced, and the property may have been vacant. Fire units were on scene managing the incident and controlling traffic nearby.

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