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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Katlyn Smith | Daily Herald

Police officer caught child thrown from burning apartment building in West Chicago

About 100 people were displaced after an early morning apartment fire on the 800 block of Burr Oaks Drive in West Chicago. (Paul Valade/Daily Herald)

As fire raced through their apartment building in West Chicago early Thursday, several residents made harrowing escapes from the blaze.

A police officer caught a child thrown from the 24-unit building in the Main Park Apartments complex, West Chicago Fire Protection District Chief Patrick Tanner said.

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