1 dead, 1 injured after fire sweeps through house in Naperville, Illinois
One person is dead after being trapped in a fire in a large floor-plan house in Naperville, Illinois Tuesday afternoon.
A second person was injured.
Around 3:15 p.m., Naperville firefighters were called to the house at 3519 Redwing Ct., just west of Route 59 and north of 103rd Street, and not far from Scullen Middle School.
When firefighters and police arrived, a person was trapped on the second floor of the house.
Firefighters battled heavy flames on the first and second floors in the house, in hopes of subduing the fire to initiate a rescue operation.
But crews faced major challenges getting to the second floor of the house due to substantial fire damage, which had caused a stairwell to collapse and had left multiple holes in the second floor, according to the Naperville Fire Department. Flames were shooting out of all four second-floor windows, which prevented a ladder rescue, the fire department said.
Due to the extreme cold weather and the advanced fire, the fire department called a box alarm for additional equipment and manpower. The fire was under control by 4:33 p.m., but one person in the house did not survive.
Another person was taken to a local hospital. The fire department was not specific about these people or where they were found.
Damage to the house was estimated at $800,000, and it has been left uninhabitable, the fire department said. The Naperville Fire Department investigation Team, the Naperville Police Department, and the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal will investigate the cause.
