1 seriously injured in Humboldt Park fire

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One man was seriously injured in a fire Monday morning in Humboldt Park | Chicago Fire Media

A man was seriously injured in a fire Monday morning in the West Side’s Humboldt Park neighborhood.

Shortly before 5 a.m., firefighters responded to an apartment fire at 864 N. Richmond St., Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Merritt said.

A man in the building suffered burns and smoke inhalation, Merritt said. He was taken in serious condition to Norwegian Hospital.

He was going to be transferred to Stroger Hospital.

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