Fire breaks out in Edgewater Beach 5-story apartment

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A fire broke out Monday night in the Edgewater Beach neighborhood | Tyler LaRiviere/ Sun-Times

Fire fighters responded Monday night to a fire in the North Side Edgewater Beach neighborhood.

The fire displaced the residents of a five-story apartment building at 5750 N. Kenmore Ave., according to Chicago Fire Media.

By 9:30 p.m., fire fighters extinguished the fire that appeared to be isolated to inside a plumbing wall, the department said. One person was transported to a hospital for a non-life threatening injuries.

A church across the street was being used by displaced residents as a warming station.

Police and firefighters assist a woman from an apartment fire Monday night in the Edgewater Beach neighborhood. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Police and firefighters assist a woman from an apartment fire Monday night in the Edgewater Beach neighborhood. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

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