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CFD 3-11 8-27-11
Staff report – 2:49 p.m. CDT, August 27, 2011
A 2-11 alarm was called this afternoon for a fire on the North Side. The extra alarm was activated around 2 p.m. for a building on the 800 block of West Cornelia Avenue, drawing more than 100 firefighters to the scene, according to initial reports from Fire Media Affairs.