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CHICAGO - An elderly man was found dead inside a home on Chicago’s Northwest Side Friday afternoon during a response to a basement fire, according to police.
What we know:
Authorities responded to the 3000 block of W. George Street in Avondale a little before 3 p.m. for a call of a basement fire, according to the Chicago Police Department.
Officers later found the 75-year-old man unresponsive with burns to his body. He died at the scene.
Authorities have not identified the victim or determined a cause of death.
Area detectives are investigating.