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Worker Hurt When Building Collapses on South Side

By Jen Sabella | December 3, 2012 1:41pm
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DNAinfo/Benjamin Woodard

CHICAGO — A worker was injured Monday afternoon when a Burnside house he was working on collapsed, officials said.

The incident occurred about 12 p.m. in the 9300 block of South Lyon Avenue, Chicago Fire Department Chief Joe Roccasalva said.

A man was doing demolition on a building when the roof of the front porch collapsed on him, Roccasalva said. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in "stable" condition and no other injuries were reported.