After a small fire was extinguished in the garage of a home in Chicago’s North Shore Sunday, first responders discovered the body of a man inside.
Officials have not released the identity of a man found dead in a garage in north suburban Lake Forest Sunday.
Lake Forest firefighters were called to a home in the 700 block of Waveland Road around 11:30 a.m. to respond to reports of a garage fire, police said.
Upon arrival, firefighters found light smoke coming from the home’s garage.
Crews quickly put out the fire before entering the garage, where they discovered a man dead inside, according to police.
There were no other reported injuries to anyone else within the home, police said. Damage to the garage and home is estimated at $1,000 from the fire, which was put out by firefighters within three minutes, officials said.
Further information on the man's cause of died or how the fire began was still unknown early Monday morning as authorities investigated the incident.
