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CHICAGO\u00a0(STMW)\u00a0 — Firefighters brought two dozen residents of a Rogers Park apartment building down to safety from an extra-alarm fire early Saturday. <\/span>Six people were injured in the blaze, the cause of which was not yet known as of about 2:30 a.m.<\/p>\n

\nFirefighters found heavy fire when they arrived on the scene of a fire at 6912 N. Ashland Ave. about 1 a.m. Saturday, according to Fire Media Affairs Director Larry Langford.<\/p>\n

\nFirefighters immediately put up seven ground ladders, in addition to three ladders anchored by fire trucks, to the 4-story building and began rescuing residents, some of whom were calling for help from the building’s windows, Langford said.<\/p>\n

\nThey rescued two dozen people by bringing them down via the ladders, Langford said. Some residents got out on their own, but “the great majority [of the residents] were brought down by ladders from the first arriving companies.”<\/p>\n

\nThe fire was on the second and third floors of the building, Langford said.<\/p>\n

\nAn EMS Plan I was called and a 2-11 alarm was given because of the heavy fire they found immediately upon arriving at the scene, as well as the large number of rescues made, Langford explained.<\/p>\n

\nAn EMS Plan I sends at least five ambulances to the scene. A 2-11 alarm sends at least eight engines, four trucks, two tower ladders, five battalion chiefs, a district chief, a deputy district chief, a squad company and a command van to the scene.<\/p>\n

\nSince there were six people injured, the emergency responses called for turned out to be “a good calculation,” Langford said.<\/p>\n

\nThree people were taken to hospitals — two to St. Francis in Evanston and one to Swedish Covenant Hospital — and three others were treated on the scene and refused transport to hospitals, Langford said. He did not have any information on the people who were taken to hospitals.<\/p>\n

\nThe 2-11 alarm was struck out about 1:40 a.m. and the EMS plan was secured by 2 a.m.<\/p>\n

\nThe extent of the damage was not known but 30 people were displaced by the fire, Langford said. <\/p>\n

\nThe Red Cross was notified and offering assistance to people, according to a spokeswoman with the Red Cross. <\/p>\n

\nThe cause of the fire was unknown as of about 2:30 a.m.<\/p>\n

\nStreets were blocked off around the affected building, police News Affairs Officer Ronald Gaines said. Southbound on North Ashland Avenue to West Morse Avenue; eastbound from West Morse Avenue to North Greenview Avenue; and North Ashland Avenue to Jarvis were blocked off, according to Gaines.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Read the original article from WBBM News Radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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