A woman was severely burned in a late-night fire Wednesday on the fifth floor of a high-rise apartment building that houses primarily low-income seniors and individuals with disabilities, Bloomington fire officials said.
No one else was injured.
Firefighters were called to Phoenix Towers, 202 W. Locust St., at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday by an automated alarm, Bloomington fire public information officer Eric Davison said Thursday morning.
An alarm panel identified the location of the fire on the fifth floor and, when firefighters entered the apartment, they found the injured woman, said Davison. Sprinklers put out the fire before firefighters arrived, he said.
Davison said the woman was taken to OSF St. Joseph Medical Center with from burns and smoke inhalation, but he did not have further information.