A person was found dead inside of a burning home that was engulfed in flames and resulted in a second home being damaged in Buffalo Grove Monday, authorities said.
The Buffalo Grove Fire Department and Buffalo Grove Police Department responded around 10:22 a.m. Monday to the 600 block of Woodhollow Lane in Buffalo Grove for a report of a structure fire.
Village officials said a 911 caller reported the fire was in a garage attached to a house.
Firefighters arrived within five minutes of receiving the call and found a two-story residence with an attached garage.
Heavy flames were coming from the garage and spreading to the house.
There were also reports of an occupant unaccounted for.
Firefighters began an aggressive interior attack with hose lines operating on both the garage and house. They also started a search for trapped occupants.
Firefighters found an unidentified occupant inside the building. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Lake County Coroner’s Office is in the process of scheduling an autopsy on the victim, whose identity has not been released yet.
The fire was brought under control in approximately 30 minutes but the fire department remained on the scene into the afternoon investigating the cause of the fire.
A neighboring home sustained damaged siding from the fire.
The investigation is being led by the Buffalo Grove Fire Department and the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal.
The Buffalo Grove Fire Department was assisted by the Arlington Heights, Lincolnshire, Lindenhurst, Lake Forest, Long Grove, Wheeling, Prospect Heights, Glenview, Wauconda and Rolling Meadows fire departments.
The Buffalo Grove Public Works Department also responded to the scene after a water main broke while firefighters were extinguishing the fire.
The water main break resulted in the street and sidewalk flooding but did not slow the fire department down in extinguishing the blaze.
Public works crews were afraid of a collapse in the roadway and they kept people away from the area while working to mitigate the leak.