Man critically injured in apartment fire on Northwest Side of Chicago
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A man was hospitalized in critical condition after an apartment fire Wednesday morning in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood.
Police said officers responded to a call of a fire shortly before 1 a.m. in the 2300 block of North Meade Avenue.
Firefighters pulled a man out of the fire, and he had burns throughout his body, and a laceration to his neck.
The victim was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in critical condition.
Police said a preliminary investigation indicated the laceration to his neck might have been self-inflicted before the fire.
The cause of the fire was under investigation Wednesday morning.
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