A fire broke out overnight at a high school on the city’s Northwest Side. There was an emergence response to the third floor of Chicago Academy High School.
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CHICAGO (WLS) — A fire broke out overnight at a high school on the city’s Northwest Side.
There was an emergence response around 1:06 a.m. Thursday at Chicago Academy High School in 3400 block of North Austin Avenue in Portage Park, Chicago police said.
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Chicago firefighters extinguished a fire on the school’s third floor, police said.
The building was not occupied at the time of the fire and no injuries were reported, CPD said.
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No further information about the fire was immediately available as officials investigate the cause of the blaze.
ABC7 has reached out to the Chicago Fire Department for more information.
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A fire broke out overnight at a high school on the city’s Northwest Side. There was an emergence response to the third floor of Chicago Academy High School.