Chicago Girl, 6, Critically Burned in House Fire

Dec. 13, 2011
-- Dec. 13--A 6-year-old girl was critically burned late Monday in a house fire in the city's North Austin neighborhood, authorities said. The blaze occurred at a home in the 1600 block of North Laramie Avenue, according to the Chicago Fire Department. The girl was taken by advanced life support ambulance to Stroger Hospital, where she was being treated for critical burns, officials said. Fire Department spokesman Sean Flynn had no details on the fire or its cause.

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Dec. 13--A 6-year-old girl was critically burned late Monday in a house fire in the city's North Austin neighborhood, authorities said.

The blaze occurred at a home in the 1600 block of North Laramie Avenue, according to the Chicago Fire Department.

The girl was taken by advanced life support ambulance to Stroger Hospital, where she was being treated for critical burns, officials said.

Fire Department spokesman Sean Flynn had no details on the fire or its cause.

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