Crime & Safety

Families Displaced After Apartment Fire In Channahon

Three people were hospitalized and multiple families are without a home after a fire at an apartment complex on Blackberry Lane overnight.

CHANNAHON, IL - A fire at an apartment complex on Blackberry Lane in Channahon has displaced multiple families and sent three people to the hospital for smoke inhalation. Firefighters took about 45 minutes to put out the blaze at a building in the 25400 block of Blackberry, according to a report from WJOL.

All residents were able to self-evacuate before fire crews arrived at 3:11 a.m. Initial reports indicate the fire started in a bedroom on the second floor.

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