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House fire near 117th Place and Michigan Avenue

Heard on: Cook IL Fire Dispatch Group Calls
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Engine sixty-two is at 118th and State Street.
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E 117th Pl & S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60628
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Fire crews responded to reports of smoke and a possible structure fire near 117th Place and Michigan Avenue in Chicago. Units arrived to find an occupied one-and-a-half-story building with fire on the first floor and some fire extending to the rear porch. Multiple engines, trucks, and battalion chiefs were dispatched, and a search of the building was started. The incident was brought under control from the outside, with hoses on the exterior and a hand line inside, and the situation was downgraded to an exterior fire. Some responding companies were released and told to return. A separate medical call involving a possible heart attack was also mentioned in the radio traffic.

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