House fire extinguished in Prospect Hts.
Posted November 21, 2013 5:59 pm
Firefighters had to bring in trucks with water tanks to help extinguish a house fire Thursday night in a Prospect Heights subdivision that doesn’t have fire hydrants, authorities said.
The fire at a two-story single-family home on the 400 block Cherry Creek Lane was reported at 6:23 p.m. The Prospect Heights Fire Department, assisted by 15 other area fire departments, was able to extinguish the fire by 7:58 p.m., according to a news release.
The cause of the fire remained under investigation.
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