Images: Fatal Rolling Meadows Apartment Fire
See scenes from a fatal Wednesday night apartment fire on the 5200 block of Carriageway Drive in Rolling Meadows and also the cleanup and icy aftermath on Thursday.
Thursday afternoon view of an icicle-covered interior railing in the aftermath of Wednesday night's fire at an apartment building in the 5200 block Carriageway Drive in Rolling Meadows.
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Thursday afternoon view of the damage in the aftermath of Wednesday night's fire at an apartment building in the 5200 block Carriageway Drive in Rolling Meadows.
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Thursday afternoon view of damage in the aftermath of Wednesday night's fire at an apartment building in the 5200 block Carriageway Drive in Rolling Meadows.
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Icicles hang from the face of a statue in the aftermath of Wednesday night's fire at an apartment building in the 5200 block Carriageway Drive in Rolling Meadows.
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This scene reveals the Thursday aftermath of Wednesday's night's fire at an apartment building in the 5200 block Carriageway Drive in Rolling Meadows.
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Thursday morning, a Rolling Meadows police car idled at the scene of Wednesday's night's fire at an apartment building in the 5200 block Carriageway Drive in Rolling Meadows.
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View of an ice-covered side entryway at the scene of Wednesday's night's fire at an apartment building in the 5200 block Carriageway Drive in Rolling Meadows.
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Scene showing the Thursday aftermath from Wednesday's night's fire at an apartment building in the 5200 block Carriageway Drive in Rolling Meadows.
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Thursday afternoon view of damage in the aftermath of Wednesday night's fire at an apartment building in the 5200 block Carriageway Drive in Rolling Meadows.
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Scene showing the Thursday aftermath of a Wednesday night fire at an apartment building in the 5200 block Carriageway Drive in Rolling Meadows.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Scene showing the Thursday aftermath from a Wednesday night fire at an apartment building in the 5200 block Carriageway Drive in Rolling Meadows.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Resident Aimee Laurinas receives her purse from Rolling Meadows Fire Department Battalion Chief Mike Ahlman, who as able to retrieve the item from her apartment Thursday morning, following Wednesday's night's fire at an apartment building in the 5200 block Carriageway Drive in Rolling Meadows.
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Firefighters work at the scene of an burning apartment building at the 5200 block of Carriageway Drive in Rolling Meadows Wednesday night.
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Interior view of Thursday looking upward to the missing roof section, in the aftermath of Wednesday night's fire at an apartment building in the 5200 block Carriageway Drive in Rolling Meadows.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Thursday afternoon view of the damage in the aftermath of Wednesday night's fire at an apartment building in the 5200 block Carriageway Drive in Rolling Meadows.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Interior view Thursday looking upward to a missing roof section, in the aftermath of Wednesday night's fire at an apartment building in the 5200 block Carriageway Drive in Rolling Meadows.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Thursday afternoon view of the damage in the aftermath of Wednesday night's fire at an apartment building in the 5200 block Carriageway Drive in Rolling Meadows.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Thursday afternoon view of the damage in the aftermath of Wednesday night's fire at an apartment building in the 5200 block Carriageway Drive in Rolling Meadows.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Firefighters work at the scene of an burning apartment building at the 5200 block of Carriageway Drive in Rolling Meadows Wednesday night.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Crews respond to a fire on the 5200 block of Carriageway Drive in Rolling Meadows Wednesday night.
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Firefighters work at the scene of an burning apartment building at the 5200 block of Carriageway Drive in Rolling Meadows Wednesday night.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Firefighters work at the scene of an burning apartment building at the 5200 block of Carriageway Drive in Rolling Meadows Wednesday night.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Firefighters work at the scene of an burning apartment building at the 5200 block of Carriageway Drive in Rolling Meadows Wednesday night.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Firefighters work at the scene of an burning apartment building at the 5200 block of Carriageway Drive in Rolling Meadows Wednesday night.
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
Rolling Meadows fire chief Scott Franzgrote speaks Wednesday night about a fatality as a result of an apartment fire on the 5200 block of Carriageway Drive . "Crews arrived to significant fire on the third floor" said Rolling Meadows fire chief Scott Franzgrote. "We did have one victim reportedly jumped from the third floor balcony"
Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com
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