Residents Of 2 Apartments Displaced By Suburban Fire
PALATINE, Ill. (STMW) - Residents of two apartments in northwest suburban Palatine were displaced by a fire early Saturday. No one was injured in the fire, which was quickly brought under control by firefighters.
At 3:48 a.m., the Palatine Fire Department responded to a report of an apartment fire at 1307 Baldwin Ct., a release from the fire department said. The first arriving fire crews, who got there five minutes later, reported fire showing from a third floor apartment window of the 11-unit apartment building.
Firefighters started an aggressive interior attack and the fire was contained to the one apartment, the release said. The fire was brought under control in 11 minutes.
The two residents who were at home at the time of the fire awoke to find the fire in the second bedroom of the apartment. Both residents were able to get out of their home unharmed. There were no injuries to any residents or firefighters. The residents of the fire unit, and the unit below the fire, were displaced. All other residents were allowed back into their units once the fire was out.
A total of 23 members of the Palatine Fire Department along with crews from the Arlington Heights Fire Department responded to the scene.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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