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79-year-old woman dies in apartment fire on Chicago's North Side

79-year-old woman dies in apartment fire on Chicago's North Side
79-year-old woman dies in apartment fire on Chicago's North Side 00:22

CHICAGO (CBS) — A woman died in an apartment fire in Rogers Park Thursday night.

Chicago firefighters found the 79-year-old woman in the basement of a three-flat, in the 6500 block of North Ashland Avenue just after 8:45 p.m.  

The woman was taken to St. Francis Hospital where she later died.

No other injuries were reported. 

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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