Deerfield Apartment Fire Sends Residents To Hospital, Displaces Families: Report

DEERFIELD, IL — Two people were hospitalized and nearly two dozen residents were displaced after a fire broke out at a Deerfield apartment building Saturday night, according to reports.

Firefighters arrived to find a second-floor apartment fully engulfed at 10 p.m. in the 1100 block of Deerfield Road, Deerfield-Bannockburn Deputy Chief Micah Montondo told the station.

The two people taken to hospitals were expected to recover. Two firefighters suffered minor injuries and were treated at the scene, ABC7 reported.