Chicago high-rise fire caused by cigarette burning on a mattress

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Cigarette burning on mattress causes Chicago high-rise fire

Fire investigators say careless smoking sparked a fire in a South Side high-rise Wednesday evening.

Fire investigators say careless smoking sparked a fire in a South Side high-rise Wednesday evening.

SkyFOX was over the scene at 64th and Yale.

The fire was in one unit but prompted a large emergency response.

Nobody was hurt.

The cause was a cigarette left burning on a mattress.