Overview
- The fire started just before 5 p.m. in an eight-unit building on the 300 block of Coventry Court on Aurora’s far East Side.
- Dispatchers upgraded the response to a second alarm after reports of visible smoke and an occupant possibly inside.
- Firefighters used a ladder to access a window, carried the trapped resident to safety, and paramedics took her to a hospital for evaluation.
- Crews established an alternate water supply when a hydrant was frozen and extinguished the blaze, keeping it to the origin apartment.
- A neighboring unit sustained water damage, both affected apartments were deemed temporarily uninhabitable, and the cause is under investigation.