Crime & Safety

Fire Occurs in 7400 Block of Kostner and Kenneth Friday Evening

Two firefighters have been taken to the hospital.


A building at 7449 Kostner, Skokie, caught on fire just after 6:30 p.m., according to the Community Incident Notification Service.

A first notice at 6:35 p.m. reported it as an outside gas-fed fire.

About seven minutes later, a bulletin said there was a fire in a house at 7455 Kenneth, a block to the west. By 7:01, a three-ambulance response had dispatched to the scene. 

At 7:25 p.m., two firefighters were taken to the hospital in unknown condition. 

 


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