Fire occurs in laundry room of seven-story building, Chicago IL


A fire broke out in the laundry room of a seven-story building near South Jeffery Blvd. The fire was extinguished but smoke remains. The building is considered unsafe, and fire crews are staying on site until the building can be boarded up.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 07
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Transcript:
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They advised that fire that's on near South Jeffery, security is calling and it's a seven-story building, the dryer in the basement and the laundry, I'm sorry, on the front floor and the laundry room was on fire.
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They did say they put it out, but it's still smoking.
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Fire is around.
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233. Out of that.
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Just for information, OIFI related to the building is unsafe, so we're going to stay on the scene and we're going to re-contact buildings and they have to come out here and board this up.
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Location mentioned:
Near S Jeffery Blvd, Chicago, IL 60649
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