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Saturday, December 6, 2025 8:21PM

CFD battling large fire on West Side

CHICAGO (WLS) — Firefighters are battling a large fire at a townhouse on Chicago’s West Side on Saturday afternoon.

The fire broke out in the Lawndale neighborhood’s 3100-block of West Lexington Street.

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The Chicago Fire Department said its crews were conducting “defensive operations” before the fire was put out around 2 p.m.

Video from the scene showed firefighters working as flames shot from the roof and billows of smoke clouded the air.

No injuries were reported. CTA warming buses were on the site to assist displace residents.

What started the fire was not immediately clear.

Further information was not immediately available.

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