Excerpts from the ChicagoTribune.com:

Two people were hurt, including a Chicago police sergeant, and 23 people were displaced after a fire in Gresham early Friday. The fire broke out in the 7900 block of South Justine Street about 2:10 a.m., a Chicago Fire Department spokesman said.

One person was taken to Holy Cross Hospital in fair-to-serious condition. The sergent was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn for smoke inhalation; his condition was not immediately available.

In addition, 23 people were displaced from the building, several of which were children.

 

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