Overview
- Fire officials attribute the roof failure to a microburst that produced wind gusts up to 60 mph.
- The four-story complex at 700 W. Huntington Commons Road remains fenced off and uninhabitable as crews conduct structural safety assessments.
- All residents were evacuated without injury after burst pipes sent water gushing through hallways and debris crushed several vehicles.
- Dozens of displaced residents are sheltering at the Mount Prospect RecPlex, where the American Red Cross and village human services provide meals and medication assistance.
- ComEd reports crews have restored power to over 80 percent of the nearly 40,000 customers who lost electricity across the northwest suburbs.