Building catches fire in Back of the Yards

Firefighters responded to a blaze at an apartment building early Wednesday in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side.

The call came in about 12:50 a.m., when firefighters responded to a fire in an unoccupied building in the 4800 block of South Elizabeth, Fire Media Affairs said. The fire was struck out a few hours later.

No one was injured and the cause of the fire is under investigation, officials said.

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