Excerpts from the NWHerald.com:
A homeowner and firefighter were injured Friday in a fire that officials said damaged an Island Lake townhouse and killed a dog and two cats.
Wauconda Fire District crews were dispatched shortly after 2 a.m. to a townhouse at 3613 Linden Drive after the homeowner called 911 to report a structure fire. When firefighters arrived, they found heavy flames coming from the attached garage of a two-story townhouse.The homeowner, the only person in the home at the time, was taken to Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening, according to the release. A firefighter also was sent to the hospital because of the fire with injuries that were not life-threatening, officials said.
Firefighters extinguished the fire within 90 minutes and prevented it from spreading to other townhouses.
“The main body of the fire was in the garage,” Lt. Dan Frey said. “But there was extensive damage to the first floor, and smoke and heat damage to the second floor.”
Firefighters from Nunda, Fox River Grove, Crystal Lake, Marengo, Grayslake, Barrington-Countryside, McHenry, Countryside, Cary, Lake Zurich, Round Lake, Wonder Lake, and Lake Villa assisted Wauconda firefighters.
