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February 19, 2010 SUN-TIMES MEDIA WIRE Two firefighters will remain hospitalized while two others will be going home later Thursday after they were injured by a backdraft while battling a blaze in a South Side Back of the Yards neighborhood home. Two firefighters were taken to University of Chicago Hospital and two others were taken to Holy Cross Hospital after suffering injuries about 2:45 p.m. fighting a fire at 4855 S. Paulina St., according to Fire Media Affairs Director Larry Langford. As of 5:30 p.m., Langford said the two firefighters at U of C would remain hospitalized for at least another day and possibly longer, one with burns and possible airway injuries and the other with airway injuries. Both were listed in good condition, he said. "They're OK. There's nothing life-threatening." The two firefighters at Holy Cross were to be released from the hospital later Thursday, he said.

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