A man was rushed to the hospital in critical condition after he was rescued by firefighters from a fire that left residents of six condominium units displaced in Fox Lake Monday morning.
The Fox Lake Fire Protection District responded around 7:12 a.m. Monday to the 0-100 block of St. Thomas Colony Street in Fox Lake for a report of a structure fire.
A person who was at the location at Vacation Village called 911 to report the fire, according to Fox Lake Deputy Fire Chief Sam Santiago.
Firefighters arrived and encountered an active fire with smoke showing from a two-story, multi-family dwelling.
Santiago said additional crews arrived and firefighters began working to search the building and pull hose lines to extinguish the fire.
Firefighters located an adult male victim who was inside the condominium unit that was on fire.
They rescued him and brought him to paramedics. He was transported to Northwestern Medicine Hospital in McHenry in critical condition, Santiago said.
A second person was evaluated by paramedics at the scene but was not transported to the hospital.
The fire was quickly contained to the room of origin within 10-15 minutes.
Santiago said firefighters remained on the scene for a while longer conducting overhaul operations and removing heavy smoke that affected the second floor of the home and adjacent units.
The fire originated in the kitchen on the first floor of the unit but it is unclear yet what may have caused it.
The Fox Lake Building Department responded and deemed the condominium building, which contains six units, uninhabitable, Santiago said.
Fire investigators from throughout the area responded to the scene along with the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal.
Firefighters remained on the scene for approximately three hours.
An update on the hospitalized victim was not immediately available as of Monday afternoon.