Crime & Safety

New Year's Eve Fire Ravages Palatine Townhouse

A vacant townhouse on Cunningham Drive caught fire on New Year's Eve.

PALATINE, IL - No one was injured in a fire that left a townhouse uninhabitable in Palatine on New Year's Eve. Firefighters took less than 15 minutes to put out the fire that started on the second floor of a residence in the 1100 block of East Cunningham Drive, according to a Daily Herald report.

The flames were spotted coming out of the windows on a vacant end unit in the complex. Damage estimates were not immediately available.

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