Three residents and three firefighters suffered minor injuries Sunday morning in a two-alarm fire in the West Garfield Park neighborhood.
The fire was reported shortly after 7 a.m. in the 4700 block of West Huron Street, according to Chicago Fire Department Cmdr. Walter Schroeder.
Flames spread from one, fully engulfed 2 1/2-story apartment building to another building, displacing at least 12 residents.
Three adults suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were transported to a local hospital, Schroeder said.
Three firefighters, including a fire investigator who slipped on a patch of ice, suffered minor injuries in the aftermath of the fire and were also transported to a hospital.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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