No injuries in Edgewater high-rise fire

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Chicago Fire department respond to a fire, Monday morning, in the 5600 block of North Sheridan, in the Edgewater neighborhood. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Firefighters extinguished a blaze at a high-rise Monday in Edgewater on the North Side.

The fire broke out at a residential building in the 5600 block of North Sheridan Road about 2:30 a.m. and crews contained it shortly after, a spokesman for the Chicago Fire Department said.

No injuries were reported and preliminary information indicated the fire was started by an oven, the spokesman said.


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