Cat Killed in Edgewater High-Rise Fire

No people were hurt, but a cat was killed in a fire in a high-rise building early Monday in the Edgewater neighborhood on the North Side.

Firefighters responded to the fire on the third floor of a 12-story apartment building in the 5800 block of North Sheridan shortly after 3 a.m.

Two people refused medical treatment and one cat died in the blaze, fire officials said. One person was displaced by the fire.

The fire was out by 4 a.m., but a cause remained under investigation, officials said.
 

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