CHICAGO -- A firefighter was injured Saturday morning while working a blaze at a high rise construction site downtown.
The fire department responded at 5:54 a.m. for a call of a fire at the Vista Tower site at 363 E. Wacker Dr., according to Chicago Fire media affairs. The fire was contained to its basement office.
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One firefighter suffered an injury to their lower body, a spokesman for the Chicago Fire Department said. They were taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in good condition.
The building was unoccupied at the time, and the fire was extinguished by 7 a.m., the department said. The cause of the fire was under investigation.
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(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire - Copyright Chicago Sun-Times 2017.)