House Fire on Cumberland St, Hoffman Estates Kills 90-Year-Old Man

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UPDATE: Emmett Keating, 92, Killed in House Fire on Cumberland St, Hoffman Estates

Hoffman Estates police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 1:34 a.m. Sunday to a report of a house fire with ‘high flames’ seen from the 0-99 block of Arizona Boulevard — a Hoffman Estates address. The fire was discovered by police in the 700 block of Cumberland Street — Hoffman Estates address. Firefighters received a report from police that an elderly victim was still in the house.

Firefighters on the scene reported a fully-involved ranch-style house fire with heavy smoke and fire through the roof. There were some problems hearing a crew in the backyard on the scene, but the crew was eventually able to communicate that there was a hazard with power lines down in the backyard.

About 1:45 a.m., a victim with life-threatening injuries was pulled from the house to the front lawn, where Schaumburg firefighter/paramedics were waiting for treatment. The man was transported to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead at 2:19 a.m.

The fire was reported out by about 2:03 a.m. Sunday. Streamwood, Palatine Rural Fire Protection District and Schaumburg firefighter/paramedics assisted Hoffman Estates.

The Illinois State Fire Marshal was called to the scene.

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