Crime & Safety

Extra-Alarm Fire Rips Through Apartment Building In Mount Prospect

Smoke surrounded a building at 1852 W. Palm Dr., off Golf Road within an apartment complex.

(Adam Harrington/CBS2)

June 18, 2024

MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill. (CBS) -- Firefighters braved dangerous heat Monday to battle an extra-alarm fire in an apartment building in northwest suburban Mount Prospect.

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Smoke surrounded a building at 1852 W. Palm Dr., off Golf Road within an apartment complex.

Flames were seen coming out of the roof of the building. The building had a mansard roof—a style that originated in France in which the roof slopes down along every side of the building.

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