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Apartment fire displaces residents near E 83rd St

Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 08
01:34
00:00
Yeah, so this fire started from a faulty electric space heater and it was uninhabited at the time.
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E 83rd St & S Ingleside Ave, Chicago, IL 60619
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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a fire in an unoccupied apartment near East 83rd Street and South Ingleside Avenue. The fire was reportedly caused by a faulty electric space heater. Residents were evacuated, and a warming bus was requested for those affected. Assistance from the Red Cross and city crews was discussed due to icy conditions around the site.

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