Minooka Fire Leaves Seven Without Homes
No one was injured in the Friday fire, the source of which is still under investigation.
Seven people were left homeless by a Friday night fire in Minooka.
Minooka Fire Chief Al Yancy said firefighters were called to the 1800 block of Waters Edge Drive at about 10:35 p.m.
"The first arriving engine company found fire showing from the attic of a six-unit town home building and heavy smoke in multiple units," Yancy said in a written release.
Minooka Police Chief Justin Meyer said when police arrived on the scene, a top portion of the building building was burning.
"They saw smoke in air and flames from the residence," he said.
Yancy said the fire was mainly in the attic space and fire crews managed to stop the fire from spreading to adjacent units.
It took about one hour to bring the fire under control and a couple more hours to completely clear the scene, Yancy said in his release. No one was injured.
"Fire damage was held to the unit where the fire originated in; however water damage occurred in the adjacent unit and a third unit in the complex suffered smoke damage," the release said. "There was significant damage to the unit where the fire originated."
The cause of the fire is under investigation and an estimate for damage was not yet available.
Minooka was assisted by nine additional fire departments.
Erica Smith
3:04 pm on Tuesday, July 31, 2012
I think credit needs to be given to those that assisted before the fire department was there and that it was not just an attic fire. The outside of the unit was also on fire. My husband and our friends live in the subdivision. We were sitting outside letting our dogs play and just enjoying the evening when we smelt burning plastic, but didn't think anything of it. we saw the reflection of the flames on the garage doors of the houses across the drive from it and my husband went down to investigate because something didn't seem right. He ran down there when he heard a woman screaming for help. As he got down there he saw the deck and back side engulfed in flames and yelled for our neighbor to grab his hose as he called 911 and climbed onto the burning deck to get the fire out. They managed to get the outside fire out, but the attic continued to burn. The neighbor next door came out to check what was going on, but went back in after seeing the flames (twice). By the time the fire department got there the fire was confined to the attic. I think that the swift thinking of my husband and our friend helped to keep the fire from spreading any further than it did.
D
3:58 pm on Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Erica, thank you for doing that - so glad you were on it - and your friend! I live in the single family house down here in Water's Edge so saw what was going on after the fire department came. It was scary to say the last. So glad everybody got out without getting hurt, and I hope we NEVER have to go through something like this again. Take care, Diana Flinn
Annie
8:59 pm on Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Nothing like giving yourself a pat on the back! What happened to doing the right because it is the right thing?
Erica Smith
12:09 am on Wednesday, August 1, 2012
I'm not trying to give myself a pat on the back, i'm just proud of my husband for jumping in and risking his life to save the house from being completely engulfed in flames, what's wrong with that? I'm just adding more information to the story. That's all. Anyone would do the same, if they had more facts to give.
Joe
7:45 am on Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Kinda makes you think how come the neighbor didn't come out to help if i lived next door i would help unless the neighbor had something to do with it hmm.