Overview
- Responders were called around 1:25 a.m. to a house at 74 West Dr. near Hillside Avenue in Northlake.
- After extinguishing the flames, firefighters found two women inside the residence.
- The victims were identified as Susan Palos, 65, a resident of the home, and her relative Maricarmen Wilkerson, 63.
- Palos was pronounced dead at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, and Wilkerson at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital in Melrose Park.
- Multiple fire agencies and police evacuated nearby residents as ambulances arrived, according to neighbors.