Chicago Fire Fighters Battle 3 Alarm Apartment Fire on the City’s North Side

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Chicago Firefighters battled an (3-11) extra-alarm blaze saturday afternoon in the Lakeview neighborhood on the City’s North Side.

The extra alarm was called around 14:00 h0urs for a building on the 800 block of West Cornelia Avenue, bringing more than 100 CFD firefighters to the scene, according to preliminary information from Fire Media Affairs and reports publishedon Chicagoland media outlets.

About 15:00 hours the alarm was raised to a 3-11 alarm, and added an Emergency Medical Services Plan 1 mostly as a precaution, according to published erports.

At least one firefighter was checked over because of the extreme heat, but there were no immediate reports of other injuries, he said.

The fire has affected at least two buildings, including one 3-story courtyard apartment building.

• Chicagoareafire.com Fire Link, HERE
• http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-lakeview-fire-20110827,0,7217085.premiumvideo
• http://www.wgntv.com/videogallery/64291964/News/Video:-Fire-burns-at-Lakeview-apartment-building
• http://www.nbcchicago.com/multimedia/RAW__Lakeview_Fire_Chicago-128534913.html
• http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/7318153-418/lake-view-fire-engulfs-rear-porches-of-apartment-buildings.html
• Fire Ground Photos, HERE
• http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/lakeview-fire-128531558.html

View more videos at: http://www.nbcchicago.com.

ALSO: Earlier Fire sends several firefighters in for Heat Exhaustion; HERE