Excerpts from abc7chicago.com:
One person is dead after a fire in a home in Crystal Lake Monday.
Fire officials said they were called to a home in the 600-block of Sussex Lane just after 4 p.m. by police officers, who said there was a fire both inside and outside the home where firefighters saw police taking a victim out of the front door of the home. The victim was taken to Northwestern Medicine Huntley Hospital where he died of his injuries.
Firefighters extinguished the flames, but said the home was extensively damaged. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
