One woman has died and another was injured during a fire that erupted in a fourth-floor apartment of a high-rise Thursday morning in West Town.

A woman was found dead in a fourth floor unit, which the 8:50 a.m. fire was confined to, according to Larry Merritt, a spokesperson for the Chicago fire department.

Her name and pronouncement information has not been released.

Another woman from another apartment suffered smoke inhalation that was not thought to be life-threatening and she was taken to Stroger Hospital, Merritt said.

The cause of the fire, which didn’t spread anywhere and was quickly extinguished with hand pumps, was under investigation.

The Still & Box in a high-rise & EMS Plan 1 were struck out and secured. Sadly, an adult female was discovered and was DOA at the scene. The

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