79-year-old woman dies in apartment fire on Chicago’s North Side

79-year-old woman dies in apartment fire on Chicago’s North Side 00:22

CHICAGO (CBS) — A woman died in an apartment fire in Rogers Park Thursday night.

Chicago firefighters found the 79-year-old woman in the basement of a three-flat, in the 6500 block of North Ashland Avenue just after 8:45 p.m.

The woman was taken to St. Francis Hospital where she later died.

No other injuries were reported.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

This story was originally published here.

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