An 84-year-old female resident was injured Monday night in a fire at a Skokie multi-family residential building, and dozens of residents were temporarily displaced, according to the Skokie Fire Department.
Fire personnel responded at about 10:08 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8, to a building in the 9500 block of Bronx Place, on the south side of Golf Road across from Westfield Old Orchard Shopping Center, where they found a fire on the third floor. Firefighters located the resident and transported her to a nearby hospital with an unspecified injury. She was later listed in serious condition, officials said in a news release.
The four-story building contains 80 units and houses approximately 100 residents, according to village spokesman Patrick Deignan.
Police and fire crews encountered heavy smoke conditions on the third floor upon arrival, the release said, prompting a request for assistance from neighboring departments. Fire department crews from Evanston, Niles, Morton Grove, Des Plaines, Lincolnwood, Park Ridge, Deerfield, Glenview, Glencoe, Northfield, Wilmette and Winnetka helped extinguish the fire, which was brought under control in about 20 minutes, the department said.
An Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Box Alarm was also requested for the second alarm because of the number of civilian occupants and cold weather conditions.
The fire was contained to a single residential unit on the third floor, and fire department personnel eventually allowed residents to return to their units, except the one where the fire took place.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation, and a damage estimate was not yet available.
