UPDATE: Ambulance Called in Response to Basement Fire
A fire Thursday evening on Lakeview Estates Boulevard involved an ambulance, as well as an assist from the Richton Park Fire Department.
Updated: 8:15 p.m. Thursday The Frankfort Fire Protection District responded to a basement fire at 4:45 p.m. Thursday on the 2200 block of S. Lakeview Estates Boulevard. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation, said Battalion Chief Nick Peters. The flames were confined to the basement, as was the damage. Peters said that although the fire was relatively small in comparison to the size of the house, it did produce a great deal of smoke and heat. An ambulance was called when an occupant of the house suffered from smoke inhalation. Upon its arrival, the occupant refused care and was not transported from the scene. Firefighters worked for 30 minutes to extinguish the blaze. The Richton Park Fire Department assisted at the site…
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Anna Schier
11:11 pm on Thursday, February 14, 2013
Steven O, The first address reference was taken from a news alert dispatch via Patch's incident notification software. The second was confirmed by Frankfort's fire battalion chief. Thank you for reading Patch, Anna more ›