Seven firefighters injured battling Chicago house fire, officials say
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Seven Chicago firefighters were injured Saturday while battling a fire that raged through a home on the city's South Side and blew some of the responders off the porch as they tried to control the flames, officials said.
Firefighters arrived at the scene of the fire in the Roseland neighborhood at 3:21 p.m. Saturday, Fire Commissioner Annette Nance-Holt said Saturday during a news conference. Shortly after, they issued a MAYDAY call, which is a distress call activated when a fire is highly threatening or a firefighter is injured, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
Heavy smoke billowed from windows on the second floor of the house and firefighters also encountered heavy smoke on the first floor, the fire commissioner said.
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