Excerpts from the DailyHerald.com:
Elgin Fire Department officials are crediting an off-duty Hoffman Estates firefighter for getting the occupant of a burning home to safety Sunday morning and alerting firefighters to the blaze in time to get it quickly under control.
A fire in the 100 block of Longford Drive had gone unnoticed until the off-duty firefighter spotted it while driving to work at about 7:18 a.m. He called Elgin Fire Department communications, then alerted the home’s occupant and got him out of the residence.
Elgin firefighters arrived about five minutes later and brought the fire under control within 11 minutes. No firefighters or civilians were injured, and firefighters rescued a cat from the home.
thanks Dan
