Firefighters put out penthouse fire at Lincoln Park high-rise

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Firefighters put out a fire in the penthouse of a high-rise building Tuesday morning in the North Side Lincoln Park neighborhood.

Crews were called shortly before 9 a.m. to the blaze in the penthouse of the building in the 400 block of West Fullerton, according to the Chicago Fire Department. The fire was under control by 9:08 a.m. and was put out by 9:14 a.m.

Ambulances were called to the building as a precautionary measure, the fire department said. No injuries were reported.


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