CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A woman was taken to a hospital Monday after firefighters extinguished a car fire inside a River North parking garage.
Crews responded shortly after 11 a.m. to a car fire in a parking garage at 10 E. Ontario St., according to Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Merritt.
A quick response by Chicago Fire Department has quelled what seems to have been a vehicle fire inside a self park building on the corner of Ontario and Rush in Chicago's River North. @WBBMNewsradio pic.twitter.com/dKhYGltgEv
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February 24, 2020 The fire was quickly extinguished and the cause remains unclear, he said.
Video posted to social media showed large plumes of black smoke billowing from the garage.
Fire in River North at Ontario and Rush. @WBBMNewsradio pic.twitter.com/1niDlzEsKU
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February 24, 2020 A woman was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in good condition for observation, Merritt said. He couldn’t specify her type of injury.
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