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Oct 11, 2008 5:30 pm US/Central

Firefighter Hurt Battling 2-alarm Fire

CHICAGO (STNG) ― A fireman was injured Saturday afternoon while extinguishing a two-alarm fire in the West Side's Austin neighborhood.

The fire started about 3:30 p.m. in a 2 ½-story building at 176 N. Leamington Ave. and was elevated to a second alarm, according to Fire Media Affairs spokesman Richard Rosado.

The fire started in vacant building and spread into a neighboring building at 183 N. Leamington Ave., Rosado said. The second building may have been occupied, but no residents were injured.

A fireman was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in fair condition after he injured his ankle battling the fire, which was extinguished at 4:02 p.m.

The extent of damage to the buildings was being assessed, and the cause of the blaze remained under investigation, Rosado said.

(Source: Sun-Times News Group Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2008. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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