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Worker dies after partial collapse of Chicago building

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CHICAGO (AP) — Fire officials say a worker has died after a Chicago building partially collapsed, trapping him beneath debris. The Chicago Fire Department says three workers were in the three-story building when a portion of the structure collapsed in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood Thursday morning. Firefighters pulled the worker from the rubble about an hour after the collapse. The worker was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center; the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the worker had died.  Officials were investigating the cause of the collapse.

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