Chicago police investigating South Side apartment fire for arson; 1 injured

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Tuesday, September 9, 2025

CPD investigating South Side apartment fire for arson; 1 injured

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago police are conducting an arson investigation after an apartment fire in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood Tuesday morning that has left a woman injured.

The fire broke out at about 1:13 a.m. in the 300-block of East 68th Street.

Firefighters extinguished the fire without incident and a woman was transported to St. Bernard Hospital for smoke inhalation, police said.

No other injuries were reported, but another woman was displaced by the fire.

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