Schaumburg apartment fire displaces residents

Residents of a dozen apartment units in Schaumburg have been displaced by a fire that extensively damaged their building on the 2300 block of Good Speed Lane Friday afternoon.

Emergency responders received the call to the fire at 1:40 p.m. and declared it extinguished by late afternoon, Schaumburg police Sgt. Christy Lindhurst said. There were no injuries to either residents or firefighters.

Fire Chief David Schumann said when firefighters arrived, the fire was concentrated on the second and third floors, with flames engulfing outside balconies and extending onto the roof. The two units most involved were vacant when they arrived. American Red Cross was helping with relocation of the building's residents, he said.

Due to the extensive damage that made the entire building uninhabitable, the investigation of the fire is expected to take some time, Lindhurst said. Though the building has separate addresses for its two entrances, only one structure was involved, she added.