Deputy Des Plaines Fire Chief Pete Dyer said when firefighters responded to the top floor unit in a building on Brown Street near Laurel Avenue at approximately 11:12 a.m., they found the apartment ablaze with flames “kept in check” by an activated sprinkler system.
Dyer said firefighters hooked a hose into the building’s standpipe system and had the fire under control by 11:40 a.m. He said all residents had evacuated the building by the time firefighters arrived. No injuries were reported.
Firefighters from Des Plaines, Niles, the North Maine Fire Protection District and Rosemont responded with fire trucks and ambulances.
