Man killed in Hoffman Estates fire overnight

A 92-year-old man died early Sunday morning after he was unable to escape a fire that swept through a single-story home in Hoffman Estates overnight.

Emmett Keating was pronounced dead after Hoffman Estates firefighters pulled him from a bedroom of his burning residence in the 700 block of Cumberland Street, police said today. Two others in the home when the fire started managed to get out of the home and were treated at the scene. A firefighter suffered a minor ankle injury, police said.

Firefighters were called to the home at 1:32 a.m. on a report of a structure fire. When they arrived, they found heavy fire and smoke conditions coming from the roof and rear of the ranch-style residence.

The two people who escape the home alerted firefighters that one person remained inside, authorities said. Firefighters searched the home and found Keating in a bedroom. He was brought outside where attempts to resuscitate were initiated, authorities said.

Officials said firefighters quickly brought the fire under control. Damage is estimated at $375,000.

The cause of the blaze is under investigation by the Hoffman Estates Fire Department, Hoffman Estates police and the State Fire Marshal’s Office. The home was equipped with some detectors, but it is not yet known if they were working, officials said. The home was not equipped with sprinklers.

Hoffman Estates firefighters were assisted at the scene by crews from the Streamwood, Schaumburg and Palatine Rural fire departments.