Fire Fills University City Building with Smoke

Residents in a University City building had their homes filled with smoke early Friday morning after a fire broke out in a dumpster on the first floor.

Crews responded to reports of a fire at a property near 39th and Walnut streets shortly before 4 a.m., officials said.

The smoke billowed to the upper floors through a trash chute, according to investigators.

There were no reported injuries.

No word yet on the cause of the fire.

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