Firefighters rescued a resident’s dog after a cooking accident led to a fire damaging an apartment at a mixed-use building near Lake Bluff Saturday evening.
The Lake Forest Fire Department responded around 5:39 p.m. Saturday to 215 North Waukegan Road in unincorporated Lake Bluff for a report of a fire alarm.
Lake Forest Fire Department Battalion Chief Erik Kositzki said crews were responding to the alarm when they were informed flames were visible from the windows of the building.
Firefighters arrived to find smoke conditions in one of the second-floor apartments of the two-story mixed occupancy building.
Lake Forest and Libertyville fire crews teamed up to perform a primary search and extinguish the fire, Kositzki said.
Firefighters made entry on the east side of the building and quickly extinguished the fire in the kitchen.
Kositzki said the neighbor’s dog was rescued during the initial search and the dog was uninjured.
Firefighters began overhaul operations to ensure the fire was fully extinguished.
The Deerfield, Highland Park, Lake Bluff, Libertyville, Mundelein, Buffalo Grove and North Chicago fire departments assisted Lake Forest.
There were no injuries reported to any occupants or firefighters during the incident, Kositzki said.
The unit where the fire originated was deemed uninhabitable. The other units remain habitable.
The fire is believed to have started from a cooking accident but remains under investigation.