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A firefighter, covered in ice, works to clean up the scene of an extra-alarm fire at Cermak Road and State Street in the South Loop that started around 2:50 a.m. Two firefighters were injured battling the blaze.
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A firefighter, covered in ice, works to clean up the scene of an extra-alarm fire at Cermak Road and State Street in the South Loop that started around 2:50 a.m. Two firefighters were injured battling the blaze.
Chicago Tribune
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A fire started early New Year’s Eve morning in a South Loop building housing restaurants and a cellphone store on the northeast corner of State Street and Cermak Road. The roof collapsed in places as flames spread through a small gap above the ceiling of the one-story building, officials said.