A woman died in an apartment fire in Pilsen on Monday night, Chicago police said.
Firefighters responded to a residential fire at an apartment complex in the 1500 block of West 17th Street about 4 p.m., police said. A 49-year-old woman was taken to Stroger Hospital, where she later died.
Seven others escaped the building and were uninjured, police said.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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