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Four firefighters injured, 3 seriously, while fighting Back of the Yards blaze

First publishedAug 20, 18:36 UTC
Last updatedAug 20, 20:08 UTC · 10m ago
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<p>A Back of the Yards neighborhood fire that erupted Thursday morning in a vacant home left four firefighters injured — three of them seriously. </p><p>The residential building started burning about 11:30 a.m.

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<p>A Back of the Yards neighborhood fire that erupted Thursday morning in a vacant home left four firefighters injured — three of them seriously. </p><p>The residential building started burning about 11:30 a.m. in the 5400 block of South Justine Street, according to the fire department spokesperson. </p><p>While fighting the fire, four firefighters were injured, three of them seriously, according to the spokesperson.

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<p>A Back of the Yards neighborhood fire that erupted Thursday morning in a vacant home left four firefighters injured — three of them seriously. </p><p>The residential building started burning about 11:30 a.m.
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