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Man tries to set fire in Chicago high-rise hallway

CHICAGO (CBS)-- A man tried to set a fire in the hallway of a high-rise building in Kenwood Monday night. 

A neighbor confronted the man who had barricaded himself in an apartment, inside 4700 Lake Park Apartments. 

Emergency responders arrived around 11 p.m. and a SWAT team took the man into custody. 

He is at a local hospital undergoing an evaluation.

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