Dozens of people are displaced after a large fire broke out at an apartment building in north suburban Arlington Heights on Tuesday evening.
Crews are on the scene of a large fire at an apartment building in north suburban Arlington Heights .
Crew responded to the 2300-block of West Nichols Road in an unincorporated part of the suburb. Flames could be seen shooting out of the roof of the multi-unit building.Tatiana Moore had dinner cooking on the stove for her two children when the flames, she said, quickly consumed her stove, home, and then spread to multiple units.
"I tried to get the extinguisher and I was calling the ambulance and trying to knock on the neighbors doors to get them out so they could get out. It just spiraled out of control," Moore said.He had just finished his dinner when he heard screaming. "The next thing I know is someone is banging on my window, and I said, 'What's going on out here?'" Sullivan said. "When I came out of my apartment there was nothing but black smoke, and I pushed the door open it was all over, it was everywhere."At least half a dozen fire and EMS response vehicles were visible at the scene.
Sullivan said he and the six other families who live there will not be able to return home on Tuesday night.The building manager said he was able to confirm that everyone who was home at the time got out safely.No further details were immediately available about the circumstances surrounding the fire or the cause.
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