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Firefighter injured in blaze at vacant apartment complex in Albany Park

The firefighter was taken to Swedish Covenant Hospital with leg pain.

By Jermaine Nolen

Chicago firefighter on the scene of house fire in Belmont Cragin in January 2019.

A Chicago firefighter was injured early Tuesday at a fire at a vacant apartment complex in Albany Park on the Northwest Side.

Fire crews responded to a building in the 3300 block of West Cullom Aveune around 3:30 a.m., Chicago police said. The fire was struck out about 30 minutes later.

A firefighter was taken to Swedish Covenant Hospital with leg pain, according to fire officials.

An investigation into the cause of the fire was ongoing.

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