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3 Displaced In Back Of The Yards Fire

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Three people were displaced in a house fire early Wednesday in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side.

Crews were dispatched to a still-and-box alarm fire at a house in the 4800 block of South Laflin, according to a statement from Fire Media Affairs shortly after 3:30 a.m. Firefighters arrived to find a fire in the rear of the home.

The fire was out by 3:57 a.m., the fire department said. No injuries were reported, but the city's Department of Health and Human Services was called to assist three adults with housing.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2017. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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