Firefighters Battle Extra-Alarm Fire On West Side
(STMW) -- Firefighters battled an extra-alarm fire in the North Lawndale neighborhood Friday evening on the West Side.
The fire started about 5 p.m. in a vacant commercial building near 16th Street and Drake Avenue and was elevated to a two-alarm blaze, according to Fire Media Affairs.
Firefighters reported "heavy" fire on the second floor of the two-story building and flames were coming through the roof, the fire department said. Firefighters used a defensive approach to extinguish the blaze.
The fire was extinguished about 6:24 p.m., the fire department said, and no injuries were reported.
The cause of the fire remained under investigation Friday night.
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