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CHICAGO (WLS) — Five people, including three children, were hospitalized after a stabbing and fire on the city’s Northwest Side on Friday morning, a source told ABC7.
A source said one of the injured adults is in custody.
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The fire broke out at a brick house in the Logan Square neighborhood’s 3600-block of West Palmer Street.
Inside that house, first responders found found three children who had been stabbed, a source said.
One child was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition. The conditions of the other two children were not immediately known.
An adult, believed to have suffered fire-related injuries, was taken to the same hospital in critical condition.
Chicago police took another adult, a woman, into custody. She was transported to Community First Hospital. Her condition was not immediately known.
The fire spread to a neighboring home, but the flames appeared to be out by 11:30 a.m. as smoke lingered in the air.
Street closures are in place around the crime scene.
Further information was not immediately available.
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