5 Displaced In Joliet Structure Fire

JOLIET, IL - Five adults will need to find a new place to live after their Joliet apartment building was damaged by a structure fire on Friday afternoon. Deputy Joliet Fire Chief Greg Blaskey told Patch that fire engines from Stations 1, 3 and 4 responded to 514 South Eastern Ave. The fire was reported at 12:29 p.m. and by the time the fire trucks rolled up to the apartment building, the second floor of the building was fully engulfed with flames, Blaskey said.

Blaskey said the structure was a three-unit apartment building. He said that the Red Cross was notified and they have set up the fire victims with temporary shelter.

The Joliet Fire Department got the blaze under control around 1 p.m. At this point, the cause of the fire remains under investigation, Blaskey added.

Nobody was injured during the fire.