Eight displaced in North Lawndale fire

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No one was hurt, but eight people were displaced in a blaze Wednesday morning in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side.

The fire damaged both floors of a two-story home early Wednesday morning at 1922 S. Troy, according to Fire Media Affairs.

The fire also affected the house next door, at 1924 S. Troy, according to fire media.

No one was hurt in the blaze, but eight people — six adults and two children — were displaced.

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