(PALATINE) A woman died after a fire at her home in northwest suburban Palatine Thursday night, officials said.
A neighbor called for help after spotting the house fire shortly before 7 p.m. in the 300 block of West Slade Street, Palatine Fire Department Deputy Chief Patrick Gratzianna told reporters at the scene.
Police officers were able to get one person out of the house before crews arrived, and firefighters found the woman in the kitchen. She was pulled outside and pronounced dead at the scene, Gratzianna said.
The cause of the fire is under investigation. The Cook County medical examiner’s office did not immediately have information on the death.