No injuries in Back of the Yards building collapse

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A building collapsed early Monday in the 4800 block of South Ashland. | Network Video Productions

No injuries were reported after a building collapsed early Monday in the Back of the Yards neighborhood on the South Side.

Firefighters responded to the building collapse at 4835 S. Ashland came in about 3:15 a.m., according to Fire Media Affairs

No one was in the two-story building that housed a pawn shop and apartments, but some residents in the area were displaced and warming bus was ordered to the scene, fire officials said.

The CTA announced at 3:30 a.m. that No. 9 Ashland buses were temporarily rerouted in both directions via Ashland, 47th, Damen, 51st, and Ashland.

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