FATAL HOUSE FIRE ON HARTREY AVE, EVANSTON

    WED APR 24 2013 ~5:15 PM
    EVANSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT
    FATAL HOUSE FIRE
    1937 HARTREY AVE EVANSTON, IL

    MABAS DIVISION 3 BOX ALARM TO THE SECOND LEVEL BOX 21-F-625 FOR A HOUSE FIRE.

    EVANSTON FIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDICS AND POLICE RESPONDED ABOUT 5:15 P.M. WEDNESDAY TO A FIRE AT A TWO-STORY FRAME HOME. FIRE WAS CONTAINED MOSTLY TO THE FIRST FLOOR, WHERE THE VICTIM WAS FOUND DURING SEARCH AND RESCUE OF THE FIRE BUILDING.

    MALE VICTIM, ABOUT 65-YEARS-OLD WITH SECOND- AND THIRD-DEGREE BURNS TRANSPORTED TO EVANSTON HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.

    MINOR EXTENSION OF FIRE TO THE SECOND FLOOR, AND MINOR DAMAGE TO SIDING TO THE HOUSE NORTH OF THE MAIN FIRE BUILDING.

    FIRE EXTINGUISHED BY 6:00 PM.

    STATE FIRE MARSHAL NOTIFIED.

    STAGING AT EMERSON AND HARTREY.

    WILMETTE, WINNETKA, NORTHFIELD, SKOKIE, MORTON GROVE AND OTHERS MUTUAL AID.

    GLENVIEW, NILES, PARK RIDGE AND OTHERS CHANGE OF QUARTERS.

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