2 Dogs Saved From Apartment Fire In Glencoe

GLENCOE, IL — Two dogs were rescued from a smoke-filled apartment building Friday morning in Glencoe after their owner's unit caught fire, authorities said.

Emergency responders were dispatched around 11:30 a.m. for a report that smoke was coming out of a building in the 300 block of Hazel Avenue, the Glencoe Department of Public Safety announced.

Firefighters traced the smoke to an apartment on the third floor, forced open the door and quickly extinguished the fire. No one was home, other than two dogs, at the time of the fire, according to Deputy Chief Rich Weiner.

Weiner said there was smoke damage throughout the building. No damage estimate was immediately available and the investigation into the cause would continue. The dogs have been taken to an animal hospital to be evaluated for possible smoke inhalation.