A man possibly trying to stay warm apparently started a fire in a storage area for a popular Lincoln Park restaurant early Friday. The man and a firefighter were taken to hospitals when propane tanks began burning at 4:20 a.m. at Cafe Brauer, 2021 N. Stockton Drive, Chicago Fire Department officials said. "The fire was in the shed where the propane tanks are stored," said fire department spokesperson Larry Langford. "The tanks were on fire."A hazardous materials alarm was called during the emergency because propane is flammable. A firefighter was taken to Rush University Medical Center with a "very minor" injury while the 46-year-old man possibly involved with the fire was hospitalized with a medical issue and taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was in fair condition, police said. Neither injury was burn-related. A fire erupted in a shed storing propane tanks early Friday Nov. 22, 2024 at Cafe Brauer in the 2200 block of North Stockton Avenue. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times The fire was quickly extinguished and the incident been turned over to police for a criminal investigation, officials said.