Apartment Fire Leaves Woman Hospitalized

NEW LENOX, IL - One woman was taken away by ambulance after a fire broke out shortly after 5 p.m. Wednesday in New Lenox at the Hickory Apartments. The New Lenox Fire Protection District issued a press release two hours later explaining that the fire was reported at 5:09 on Hickory Street near Vine Street. "Once the (firefighters) arrived on scene there was heavy fire which could be seen coming from the back side of the building and the structure fire was quickly upgraded to a full-still," the press release stated.

New Lenox Fire Chief Adam Riegel later relayed that firefighters got the apartment building under control within about 10 minutes. The apartment building had four separate units. The woman who was injured was taken away by ambulance to Silver Cross Hospital.

Her condition was not immediately known.

The cause of the fire has not yet been determined.

Northern Illinois FireGround Photos went to the scene and provided these photos to New Lenox Patch.

Paramedics transported one of the victims to Silver Cross Hospital.

Patch will update this story when more information becomes available.

On Tuesday, a tri-level home in New Lenox was destroyed in a fire that left a 69-year-old resident critically injured with severe burns. To read Patch's follow-up story, go here.

Here were the photos captured at Wednesday's apartment fire taken by Todd Sherman.

Images via Todd Sherman, Northern Illinois FireGround Photos