Two found dead in apartment fire in Irving Park

CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A man and woman were found dead in an apartment fire Tuesday morning, in Irving Park on the Northwest Side.

About 2:30 a.m., officers responded to a fire at an apartment building in the 3600 block of North Kedvale Avenue, Chicago police said.

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After the blaze was extinguished, a 70-year-old man and an 88-year-old woman were found inside a first floor apartment, and were pronounced dead at the scene, police said. They have not yet been identified.

Area Five detectives are investigating.

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