One person was seriously injured in apartment fire Friday afternoon in the South Shore neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, fire officials said.
Flames broke out before 4:15 p.m. at a large apartment building in the 6700 block of South Cornell Drive.
A woman suffered burns and was taken to the hospital in serious-to-critical condition. First responders were evaluating a second victim for smoke, the Chicago Fire Department report.
The fire was contained to one unit, according to fire officials. Information about a possible cause wasn't available Friday afternoon.
