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Small fire and smoke at post office mail area

Heard on: Cook IL Fire Dispatch Group Calls
02:13
00:00
On 26, you can hold everybody up coming to this location.
audio iconFire & Arson
S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60620
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Fire crews responded to a post office near South Ashland for a reported smoke odor. On arrival they found a post office building with smoke in the mail sorting area from a small fire that had started at a sorting station cubicle and was no longer burning. Police on scene requested medical help for two women outside who reported smoke inhalation, one of whom has asthma, and two ambulances were sent. Firefighters ventilated the building with fans to clear the remaining smoke and requested an investigator to review the fire.

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