Woman, 65, found dead in apartment fire in Prospect Heights
PROSPECT HEIGHTS, Ill. - A woman was found dead Friday morning in an apartment fire in northwest suburban Prospect Heights.
Firefighters and police responded to a call of a fire around 6:43 a.m. at 16 E. Willow Rd., according to the Prospect Heights Fire Department.
When first responders arrived, they saw smoke coming from a second-floor apartment, officials said.
Firefighters entered the apartment, put out the fire and found a 65-year-old woman inside who was dead.
She has not yet been identified.
No other apartment units were damaged by the fire, officials said.