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Man killed in early morning fire on Chicago’s South Side

CHICAGO — A 32-year-old man was killed in an apartment fire Wednesday morning on the city’s South Side.

The fire started around 2 a.m. in a three-story apartment building at 71st and South Rhodes Avenues in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood.

Police said a man was recovered from a unit and transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.

The victim’s identity has not yet been released.

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The Chicago Fire Department’s Office of Fire Investigation (OFI) has determined the cause to be  accidental due to unattended cooking.

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