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Chicago firefighters work to extinguish a fire in a residential building near the 5600 block of South Calumet Avenue in the Washington Park neighborhood on July 20, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
Chicago firefighters work to extinguish a fire in a residential building near the 5600 block of South Calumet Avenue in the Washington Park neighborhood on July 20, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
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An overnight fire broke out in a third-story apartment building on the city’s South Side last night, impacting the rear of the complex.

The multi-alarm structure fire occurred in the 5600 block of South Calumet Avenue after 10 p.m. The Chicago Fire Department used defensive operations to put out the fire, according to its X account.

A spokesman for the fire department could not be immediately reached. The cause of the fire is under investigation.