The Chicago Fire Department responded to a two-story building fire before 6:30 a.m. at Monroe Street and Cicero Avenue.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Two people were rescued and taken to the hospital with minor injuries after a building fire on the West Side. The smoke from the fire could be seen for miles as firefighters battled flames shortly after the blaze erupted at the abandoned building.

CHICAGO - Two people were taken to a hospital after a fire in an apartment building on Chicago's West Side Tuesday morning. The building that caught fire around 6 a.m. is near the corner of Monroe Street and Cicero Avenue in the Austin neighborhood, according to the Chicago Fire Department.

A woman who appeared to be about 50 years old was found on fire and unresponsive in the 5900 block of South Morgan Street.

Chicago police continue to investigate after eight people were shot, three fatally, at a house party in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood Monday afternoon.

Emergency crews responded to a call of multiple people shot just after 2 p.m. near 59th Street and St. Louis Avenue, Chicago fire officials said.

Eight people were shot, and three of them were killed, in the Southwest Side's Chicago Lawn neighborhood Monday afternoon. Late Monday, it was unclear whom Chicago Police were looking for in connection with the mass shooting,

Three people were killed and five people were injured after a shooting on Chicago's Southwest Side Monday afternoon.