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Raw video and fireground audio from deadly Chicago 5-alarm fire. Five firefighters among the injured.

Above is raw video from the fire.  The two videos below are Part 1 and Part 2 of the fireground audio provided by the YouTube site firefighterdispatch.

WBBM-TV coverage

Details on the January, 2002 fire in the same building

From the AP:

Hundreds of Chicago firefighters worked to put out a high-rise fire that left one person dead and 12 people injured.

The fire broke out shortly after 1 a.m. Thursday, shooting flames out of the condo building. More than 200 residents ran out into the bitter cold.

The 12 people injured included five firefighters, but authorities say none of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening.

Authorities say the fire started on the 36th floor in the unit of the woman who died. Fire Commissioner John Brooks says she was found near the front door of the apartment, apparently trying to get out.

The cause of the blaze is under investigation.   

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