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7 displaced after West Side apartment fire — Elgin Community news

CHICAGO — Officials say seven people are without a place to stay after a fire erupted at an apartment building on the city's West Side on Tuesday morning. According to officials, the fire broke out at an apartment building located in the 200 block of South Central Avenue in Austin. SkyCam 9 was over the [...]

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