MACHESNEY PARK, Ill. (WTVO) — Firefighters are responding to an apartment fire in the 1000 block of Minns Drive at approx 3:27 p.m. Friday.
North Park Fire Department Chief Joel Hallstrom said no one was inside the building when the fire broke out. One person did suffer a head injury.
This is the second recent major fire at the same complex: on March 6th, just a block away, a family of five escaped from a fire. The cause in that case was considered accidental.
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