Chicago Fire Department ambulance stolen from West Side station

CHICAGO (WLS) -- An ambulance was stolen from a Chicago Fire Department station on the South Side Tuesday night, police said.

Police responded to the fire station in the 1100-block of South California Avenue at about 11:30 p.m.

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The ambulance was recovered by a patrol unit a short time later about three miles away in the 2600-block of South Wolcott Avenue.

No one is in custody.

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