Update: The fire damaged apartment on 1024 W. Hillcrest Dr. is scheduled to be demolished on Wednesday, January 15, according to DeKalb City Manager Bill Nicklas. During the demolition the city requires the water and electric utilties located in the basement of the building be secured during the process.
About 60 residents were displaced when the fire broke out on the 10 hundred block of Hillcrest Drive on December 22, days before Christmas.
Among those who were left without a home is Emerson Baptist, an NIU international student pursuing his master’s in sports management, and NIU visiting scholar Aydin Beraha of the NIU Business School, from Turkey…