Woman hospitalized after fire in Elk Grove Village
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A woman is in the hospital after a house fire in Elk Grove Village Wednesday afternoon.
Elk Grove Village firefighters said a person was walking by when they saw smoke pouring out of a house near Kendall Road and Lancaster Avenue.
When crews got there, flames had engulfed the kitchen and family room. They also found an unresponsive woman in a back bedroom.
She was given advanced life-saving care before she was taken to the hospital. The battalion chief said the fire caused a lot of damage to the house.
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