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Carbon monoxide alarm forces 12 people out of East Garfield Park apartment building

Carbon monoxide alarm forces 12 people out of East Garfield Park apartment building
Carbon monoxide alarm forces 12 people out of East Garfield Park apartment building 00:38

CHICAGO (CBS)-- A dozen people were forced out of their homes because of a carbon monoxide alarm inside an apartment building in East Garfield Park overnight. 

The Chicago Fire Department said they were detecting "high levels" of the dangerous gas around 2:30 a.m. in the 600 block of North Sawyer. 

Twelve people in the building made it out safely.

Warming buses were on the scene for residents. 

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