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Fire reported in vacant garage near West 71st Place

Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 06
00:27
00:00
There's a fire (number withheld) block of West 71st Place.
audio iconFire & Arson
W 71st Pl, Chicago, IL 60636
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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a possible fire in a vacant garage on the 1400 block of West 71st Place. The caller reported two people allegedly trying to start a small fire inside the structure, possibly for warmth. The situation appeared to involve a contained fire that extinguished and reignited intermittently.

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