1 Dead After Apartment Fire In Naperville: Fire Department

NAPERVILLE, IL — A Naperville resident is dead after a fire tore through their apartment home early Saturday. Fire officials say the fire broke out just before 9 a.m. in a first-floor apartment in the first block of Olympus Drive.

When fire crews got to the scene, they went into the apartment and started an "aggressive search," according to a press release from Naperville Fire Department Bureau Chief Jim Kubinski. Firefighters put out a smoldering fire in the home's bedroom within five minutes, Kubinski said.

The resident was found deceased inside the apartment, Kubinski said.

The cause of the fire is believed to be accidental and no foul play is suspected at press time. Kubinski said a full investigation into the cause of fire and the resident's death is underway. The other residents in the apartment building were able to return to their homes.