Woman injured in fire at Lincoln Park apartment building near DePaul campus, CFD says

Neighbors say the victim, who is in her 70s, was black with smoke and completely unrecognizable when firefighters brought her out of the burning building. Paramedics performed CPR on her before rushng her to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where she is in critical condition.

Officials said the fire appears to have started in the kitchen of the victim's third floor rear apartment. Firefighters had to work fast to keep flames from spreading to some back wooden porches and to the roof.

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