
7 injured in apartment building fire in Joliet
Firefighters rescued three people from a balcony.
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Todd Feurer is a web producer for CBS Chicago. Todd is a graduate of Indiana University and University of Illinois at Springfield. He started his career in journalism with the New City News Service, where he covered Chicago crime, Cook County government, Cook County civil courts and Chicago City Hall. He also worked for a year in Springfield, covering the Illinois General Assembly and the impeachment of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
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Firefighters rescued three people from a balcony.
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Firefighters responded to a fire on the third floor of a four-story apartment building in the 2300 block of North Ashland Avenue.
The ages of the victims range from 34 to 72.
The fire burned for about eight hours before the broken gas main was shut off.
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