Hanover Park firefighter hurt battling garage blaze
Posted August 30, 2023 1:00 am
One firefighter suffered minor injuries fighting a blaze in a residential garage late Tuesday in Hanover Park.
Firefighters were called to the single-family, split-level house on the 6900 block of Pine Tree Street just before 8:30 p.m. They arrived minutes later and encountered heavy smoke in the home and fire in the garage, authorities said.
No injuries were reported to the residents, who had escaped before firefighters arrived.
The injured firefighter treated and released at a hospital.
The house was deemed uninhabitable, officials said. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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