Multiple residents displaced after Deerfield, Illinois apartment fire – CBS News

Multiple residents displaced after Deerfield, Illinois apartment fire  CBS News

Multiple people are waiting to return back to their homes after a fire broke out Saturday night at an apartment building in the north Chicago suburb of Deerfield.A total of 16 apartments were impacted by the fire at the building in the 1100 block of Deerfield Road.The Deerfield Fire Department said the fire broke out around 7:30 p.m. Saturday. When firefighters arrived, a fully involved apartment fire was raging on the second floor, the fire department said. Firefighters were able to get the flames under control from outside before going in.One person was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. Two firefighters were also hurt but didn't need to be taken to the hospital.Following the fire, windows at the apartment building were blown out and parts of the building were left black and charred from smoke.Crews were spotted at the scene boarding up windows and securing some electrical lines.

The fire department said all affected units lost power.Residents told CBS News Chicago that it could take anywhere from three months to a year before they can return.Neighbors said the fire spread within minutes. Alice Ann Gusfield said she was in her bathrobe when police began going from door-to-door to alert them of the fire."I was pretty shocked," she said. "They said fire and so I immediately gathered my computer, my