Nursing Home/Senior Living, Residential, Residential High Rise Evanston, IL – Fire at senior residential high rise controlled by sprinkler system; No injuries reported December 28, 2016 viking210 Evanston fire crews responded to a report of a fire on the 9th floor of The Mather at 425 Davis St. shortly before noon. Fire Division Chief Paul Polep says a resident of the retirement community had left a stove top burner on which ignited a basket of goods on the counter top. Polep says the the sprinkler system in the apartment had brought the fire under control by the time fire fighters arrived. Residents of the floor evacuated safely, Polep says, and there were no injuries reported.
