Woman Injured In Fire At Lincolnwood Retirement Home
LINCOLNWOOD, Ill. (STMW) -- One woman was injured Wednesday night after a fire broke out at a retirement home in north suburban Lincolnwood.
Firefighters responded to the blaze about 7:30 p.m. at Lincolnwood Place, a six-story retirement home at 7000 N. McCormick Blvd., according to the Lincolnwood Fire Department.
One woman, whose age was not immediately known, was taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, fire officials said.
The fire started in a unit on the fourth floor, but was contained to that unit and extinguished within 30 minutes, firefighters said.
Fire officials are investigating the cause of the blaze.
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