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Woman hospitalized after fire at southwest suburban Chicago senior living community

Woman injured in fire at Tinley Park senior home
Woman injured in fire at Tinley Park senior home 00:23

TINLEY PARK, Ill. (CBS) -- One woman was in the hospital late Monday after a fire at a senior living home in Tinley Park.

The fire broke out in the woman's living room at the Hanover Place senior apartment building, at 16851 S. Harlem Ave. in Tinley Park.

Four other units had water damage from the sprinklers going off.

The view from Chopper 2 showed a large emergency response.

In addition to the woman whose unit caught fire, another person was rushed to the hospital for reasons unrelated to the fire.

A total of 90 people were evacuated from the apartment building, but were later allowed to go back in.

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