Fire Guts Unoccupied Northbrook House: Video

NORTHBROOK, IL — A fire caused significant damage to an unoccupied house Wednesday afternoon in the 4000 block of Timberlane Drive in unincorporated Northbrook. There were no injuries.

Northbrook Fire Department Chief Andrew Carlson told Patch that a passerby called 911 around 1:15 p.m. May 6 to report some smoke coming from the one-story house with a basement.

"The first crews on the scene found fire inside the rear of the house and in the attic," Carlson said. "We believe the cause [of the fire] was water in the electrical panel."

Though there was significant damage to the house, there was none to any other buildings, according to Carlson. Mutual aid was received from Wheeling, Glenview and Prospect Heights.

Here is a video from the scene, courtesy of North Shore Updates.